massively parallel
adjective
: of, relating to, or being a computer system that uses a large number of separate processors simultaneously to increase power and speed
Examples of massively parallel in a Sentence
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Unlike computers, our brains are massively parallel in their organization, concurrently running many millions of separate processes.
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Parashkev Nachev, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2016
That’s the massively parallel supercomputers, which dominated until recently.
—Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2019
GPUs perform massively parallel processing tasks, but there is memory access latency, and ML is already pushing the limits of external memory bandwidth.
—Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
Combining this storage model with massively parallel processing (MPP) can supercharge AI and analytics capabilities by enabling DevOps teams to query data simultaneously without needing to create an index or use a schema.
—Bernd Greifeneder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
The massively parallel calculations possible with this approach are a perfect match for the enormous matrix calculations required to train or execute a DNN.
—Karl Freund, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
It was inspired by the massively parallel architecture of brains.
—Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
Amazon EFS is designed for massively parallel access, handling thousands of simultaneous connections to a single file system.
—Steve McDowell, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
Beyond the compiling software, rendering is a massively parallel operation, the kind of thing that GPUs excel at.
—Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 23 Nov. 2018
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Parashkev Nachev, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2016
That’s the massively parallel supercomputers, which dominated until recently.
—Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2019
GPUs perform massively parallel processing tasks, but there is memory access latency, and ML is already pushing the limits of external memory bandwidth.
—Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
Combining this storage model with massively parallel processing (MPP) can supercharge AI and analytics capabilities by enabling DevOps teams to query data simultaneously without needing to create an index or use a schema.
—Bernd Greifeneder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
The massively parallel calculations possible with this approach are a perfect match for the enormous matrix calculations required to train or execute a DNN.
—Karl Freund, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
It was inspired by the massively parallel architecture of brains.
—Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
Amazon EFS is designed for massively parallel access, handling thousands of simultaneous connections to a single file system.
—Steve McDowell, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
Beyond the compiling software, rendering is a massively parallel operation, the kind of thing that GPUs excel at.
—Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 23 Nov. 2018
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First Known Use
1977, in the meaning defined above
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“Massively parallel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/massively%20parallel. Accessed 30 Sep. 2023.
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