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In the previous chapters we introduced the foundations for programming many-core chips: current and expected hardware architectures; operating system designs; foundations of parallel programming; the basic programming models that we believe are the most promising ones in the context of many-core chips. This chapter focuses on the concrete technologies available today which we believe will endure the test of time, providing a solid background for programming the many-core chips of the future. Specifically, we cover several task based models (such as Cilk , Grand Central Dispatch, OpenMP , Thread Building Blocks, Microsoft’s Task Parallel Library), data parallel models (illustrated through OpenCL which also supports the task model) and a well established representative of the actor model (Erlang). The goal of this chapter is to provide a guiding map for the choice of the most suitable programming model and implementation library when addressing the challenge of ‘best solution’ for a specific application domain.
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Vajda, A. (2011). Practical Many-Core Programming. In: Programming Many-Core Chips. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9739-5_9
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