Computing Speed: Parallel Processing

There is a common misconception when assessing computers in suggesting that parallel processing increases speed.  This simply isn't true.    Parallel processing is intended to increase throughput by addressing queuing delays that may be experienced by "ready" units of work that are waiting for access to the processor.  Each processor is essentially a hardware server for instructions to be processed.  In modern computers there are actually multiple points of parallelism and overlap processing, but the primary point is to avoid delays. read more

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