/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/future-of-computingTransistors have been increasing on a chip from few to millions to enhance speed and performance capabili...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/future-of-computingTue, 16 Mar 2010 06:06:57 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:091b2018-9c0f-4a12-bb23-d6ab1a7ab731e14 Contributor0<p>Yes, we can clearly see how powerful calculation capability the multi-core processor is, 16 cores, 32 cores, 64 cores... it is easy to say and imgine, but if you think about how to manage the power consumption, how to communicate between the processor cores and memory, how the OS manage the task for so many cores, how to program for multi-core processors, you may not be optimistic any more.</p><p>I just came back from one of exhibition, the professor of MIT--Mr. Anant Agarwal gave some ideas how the multi-core system works.</p><p><img class="migration-embeded-object" src="#https://www.element14.com/community/people/mtanvir/blog/2010/03/15/future-of-computing#comment-2225" alt=" " /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Do you have better ideas on multi-core system architectue?</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=11809&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">