John L. Hennessy

(5 articles)
HPC (High Performance Compute)
1960

HPC
High Performance Compute

A practice of aggregating computing power in a way that delivers significantly higher performance than an average desktop or workstation.

Generality: 788

Accelerator
1970

Accelerator

Hardware designed to speed up specific types of computations, such as those needed for AI model training and inference.

Generality: 767

ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit)
1970

ASIC
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit

A microchip designed for a specific application or function, particularly used in electronics where high efficiency and low power consumption are required.

Generality: 660

Data Parallelism
1980

Data Parallelism

A method of parallel computing where the same operation is performed simultaneously on different pieces of distributed data to accelerate large-scale computations.

Generality: 675

Blackboard System
1989

Blackboard System

A problem-solving approach that uses a shared knowledge base or

Generality: 525