Big Data Analytics

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integrated circuits within a processor (known as a multicore processor), or

a combination of these two approaches. ese processors and cores simply

divide the task of processing for the sake of speed and overall capacity,

much as two people can make a cake faster if one prepares the frosting

while the other prepares the cake. Another way to conduct parallel com-

puting is between devices or components within a device, such as occurs

with a mainframe computer. While parallel computing does nothing to

promote the further miniaturization of individual components, an intel-

ligently designed architecture will allow the continued miniaturization of

the devices. ese components shrink by moving the bulk of processing

to on ...