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
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.
4. Where is the ROI?
5. Gartner Hype Cycle Image by Jeremy Kemp https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gartner_Hype_Cycle.svg
6. MacBook Pro Video 384 cores
7. RJ-45 Power μUSB μHDMI μSD
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)
9. Model 3 Model 2 Model 1
11. https://www.e-education.psu.edu/worldofweather/node/2029 Grid spacing influences accuracy. Weather Prediction
12. Finite Element Analysis http://www.ce.ncsu.edu/news/article/21550/making-bridges-more-robust-to-earthquakes/
13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGZjmPjcLL8
14. Recap Parallelism != Concurrency ROI Examples: Multiple Industries BYO Parallel Clusters
15. Thanks! RayHightower.com