Hardware Acceleration

Abstract

AbstractWith Moore’s law and Dennard’s scaling no longer fueling the improvement in computing performance, new avenues for increasing performance are needed. Hardware acceleration is one avenue where many researchers and industrial parties are working and investing. Accelerators can allow for high levels of parallelism not supported by general-purpose central processing units. These high levels of parallelism are particularly well-suited for many modern applications. Therefore, research on the use of hardware acceleration is expected to continue in the near future. However, various parties should consider a variety of aspects when deciding whether to invest in hardware acceleration by making their own accelerators or by buying them from a third party. This factsheet presents an analysis of hardware acceleration and the trends until 2025. It also discusses the aspects and how specific considerations are more important for some actors.