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The multi-core, multi-threaded (Chip Multi-Threading, or CMT) CPU is a disruptive technology arrived just in time to further boost computing performance at moderate energy cost. While similar to the SMP servers in the 90’s, the richness of threads and the finer granularity of parallelism of CMT CPU-based systems do open up a new programming paradigm. System virtualization on such platforms makes the concept more intuitive and provides a "soft landing".
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Yen, D.W. (2007). Chip Multi-Threading and the SPARC Evolution. In: Xu, M., Zhan, Y., Cao, J., Liu, Y. (eds) Advanced Parallel Processing Technologies. APPT 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4847. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76837-1_2
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