Utilization of a Web Browser for Complex Heterogeneous Parallel Computing Using Multi-core CPU/GPU Systems

Abstract

Since the invention of the first microprocessor has passed many years. Technological developments in CPU construction is primarily based on increasing the performance of devices, their miniaturisation and the reduction of manufacturing costs. Well known Moore’s Law, speaking of doubling the number of transistors on a chip at regular intervals (going in hand with reduction of manufacturing costs), proved work well over years (initially assumed rate of eighteen months has been slightly extended to two years). Such a trend, due to the technological constraints cannot be everlasting; right now it can be already observed as it slows down. Limitations in minimum size of the individual components (transistors) and a total power draw of a system, forced to change the direction of the technological development. Instead of boost the clock of a processor, it was decided to multiply its number in a chip. Thanks to clustering of processor cores in a single chip that utilise fast shared cache memory, we still can observe considerable performance boost.