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The resurgence of parallelism

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Parallel computation is making a comeback after a quarter century of neglect. Past research can be put to quick use today.

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          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 53, Issue 6
          June 2010
          148 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/1743546
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