Parallel computing
A complex world of computing
Introduction
Parallel computing and related concepts have been in use by capital-intensive
industries, such as Aircraft design and Defense, since the late 1950's and early 1960's.
Parallel computing refers to the process of executing several processors an
application or computation simultaneously. It is a computing architecture where the
large problems break into independent, smaller, usually similar parts that can be
processed in one go.
Got lost …? No worries !!! let me explain ... In the simplest sense, parallel
computing is the simultaneous use of multiple compute resources to solve a
computational problem
Basically, A problem is broken into discrete parts that can be solved concurrently.
Each part is further broken down to a series of instructions. Instructions from each part
execute simultaneously on different processors. An overall control/coordination
mechanism is employed.
Why parallel computing ...?
Yeh no wonder you got this question in mind. In the natural world, many complex,
interrelated events are happening at the same time, yet within a temporal sequence. Compared
to serial computing, parallel computing is much better suited for modeling, simulating, and
understanding complex, real-world phenomena.
So, by knowing the reason for parallel computing, next your mind may lead you to the
next question which is “What's the use of it “, guess what am about to take you through .
Use of parallel computing
The parallel computing principles are used by most supercomputers employ to
run.
Parallel computing also helps in faster application processing and task resolution
by increasing the available computation power of systems.
The operational scenarios that need massive processing power or computation,
generally, parallel processing is commonly used there.
When we know the use ,we also want to know the application done with this technology
right, also by knowing the various application of this technology we may also get ideas out of it
Applications of parallel computing
One of the primary applications of parallel computing is Databases and Data
mining.
The concept of parallel computing is used by augmented reality, advanced
graphics, and virtual reality.
In this article we have presented you some basics of parallel computing and its use. It is
bright that the parallel computing will make its way to the future and with more
implementations it will play a huge part in real world simulation.
Pranav Ram K S
IV – CSE -B
