In software development, synchronous processes are easy to reason about; they are sequential, more deterministic, and require less integration testing. But as computer power increases in the number of cores and software is used to solve complex problems with more data, it becomes not only wasteful but impossible to do everything sequentially and in sync. Although parallel computing is more challenging, the benefits in speed and productivity far outweigh the added costs of designing for parallel processing.
Async work
Async work
Async work
In software development, synchronous processes are easy to reason about; they are sequential, more deterministic, and require less integration testing. But as computer power increases in the number of cores and software is used to solve complex problems with more data, it becomes not only wasteful but impossible to do everything sequentially and in sync. Although parallel computing is more challenging, the benefits in speed and productivity far outweigh the added costs of designing for parallel processing.