The Business of Parallelism

Delivered at the Business of Software Conference on Monday, September 12, 2016. Boston, MA, USA. http://businessofsoftware.org/

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1. @RayHightower
   Business of Software Conference
   Boston, MA USA
   Sept 12-14, 2016
   The Business
   of Parallelism
   

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2. Concurrency
   At least two
   threads are
   making
   progress.
   Parallelism
   At least two
   threads are
   executing
   simultaneously.
   Oracle Multithreaded Programming Guide
   http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19455-01/806-5257/6je9h032b/index.html
   vs.
   

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4. Where is the
   ROI?
   

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5. Gartner Hype Cycle
   Image by Jeremy Kemp
   https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gartner_Hype_Cycle.svg
   

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6. MacBook Pro Video
   384 cores
   

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7. RJ-45
   Power
   μUSB
   μHDMI
   μSD
   

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8. Finding Primes up to 16,000,000
   0" 50" 100" 150" 200" 250"
   Parallel
   Parallella
   Serial
   Mac
   Serial
   Parallella
   18.6 sec
   14.4 sec
   237.1 sec
   ($2,000.00 Apple MacBook Pro)
   ($150.00 Parallella)
   

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9. Model 3
   Model 2
   Model 1
   

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11. https://www.e-education.psu.edu/worldofweather/node/2029
    Grid spacing
    influences
    accuracy.
    Weather
    Prediction
    

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12. Finite Element Analysis
    http://www.ce.ncsu.edu/news/article/21550/making-bridges-more-robust-to-earthquakes/
    

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13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGZjmPjcLL8
    

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14. Recap
    Parallelism != Concurrency
    ROI Examples: Multiple Industries
    BYO Parallel Clusters
    

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15. Thanks!
    RayHightower.com
    

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