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Microsoft Parallel Computing Initiative Ushers Computing into the Next Era

• The computational power of manycore processors, new programming models and platform, and advanced research in usability promise to change the way people interact with computers. This paper describes how Microsoft and industry partners are working together to enable businesses, software and hardware vendors, and individuals to take advantage of the “manycore shift”.

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TheManycoreShiftWhitePaper.docx SHA1: c22a30b4c84ab68b2f6e60a3f1f15cf34fd31e27	1.01 MB
TheManycoreShiftWhitePaper.pdf SHA1: 7cb1515660f552fd4d5cb1a1d74f0a87a21d598e	746 KB
TheManycoreShiftWhitePaper.xps SHA1: c8a81491dcfa360859934dbdd1cd71a743dabbb8	646 KB

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