NEW DISCOVERY COULD DOUBLE COMPUTER SPEED
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11 March 2024
Since the advent of personal computers, their processing speeds have gone up significantly
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And now, a group of scientists has made radical new discovery that can double the existing speeds
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These mind-boggling speeds can be achieved without any hardware upgrades, just by application of smarter software algorithms
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The innovative process is referred to as simultaneous and heterogeneous multithreading or SHMT
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It basically means running more subtasks simultaneously in parallel to the existing architecture
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Currently, computers use multiple processors: GPU, one for machine learning and AI, and a CPU
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These specialised processors make data crunching easier and efficient since each one handles specific task
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But shuffling of data between different units affects the speed to complete a particular task
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The new method aims to remove this bottleneck by utilising multiple processors in a better way
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However, it's still very early days for this technology and scientists acknowledge there are significant challenges to overcome
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