The Intel Geneseo Project

Summary form only given. Moore's law has enabled the current trend toward multi-core computing that is dramatically increasing performance and power efficiency. I/O interconnects are on a similar growth path of increasing performance and efficiency. As computing requirements become more complex, new strategies evolve to provide the performance necessary for data- and calculation-intensive applications. A growing such strategy is the use of specialized accelerators to enhance the performance of specific tasks or functions. Broadly speaking, an accelerator is a device that attaches to a computing system, providing optimal performance at reduced cost and/or power for a specialized task. Examples of emerging applications for which accelerators may be suitable are photorealistic graphics, financial simulation, and climate modeling.