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What if we build an even smaller but faster memory system directly into the
microprocessor's
chip
?
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A
chip
is also called an integrated circuit. Generally it is a small, thin piece of silicon onto which the transistors making up
the microprocessor have been etched.
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Intel's Terascale program is a
network
on a
chip
(NoC) that consists of multiple different types of processing elements arranged in a grid configuration.
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LPD AB MEL MCLH
01/09/2010
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