ahn ▁process ▁network ▁or ▁communic ating ▁sequ ential ▁processes ▁( C SP ). ▁ ▁App lications ▁ ▁MP P As ▁are ▁used ▁in ▁high - per formance ▁embedded ▁systems ▁and ▁hardware ▁acceleration ▁of ▁desktop ▁computer ▁and ▁server ▁applications , ▁such ▁as ▁video ▁compression , ▁image ▁processing , ▁medical ▁imag ing , ▁network ▁processing , ▁software ▁defined ▁radio ▁and ▁other ▁compute - int ensive ▁streaming ▁media ▁applications , ▁which ▁otherwise ▁would ▁use ▁F P GA , ▁D SP ▁and / or ▁AS IC ▁ch ips . ▁ ▁Ex amples ▁▁ ▁MP P As ▁developed ▁in ▁companies ▁include ▁ones ▁designed ▁at : ▁As pe x ▁( Er ic sson ), ▁Am br ic , ▁P ico Ch ip , ▁Intel , ▁Int ella S ys , ▁Green Array s , ▁AS O CS , ▁T il era , ▁Kal ray , ▁C oh er ent ▁Log ix , ▁Tab ula , ▁and ▁Ad ap te va . ▁▁ ▁Fab ric ated ▁MP P As ▁developed ▁in ▁univers ities ▁include : ▁ 3 6 - core ▁and ▁ 1 6 7 - core ▁As ynchronous ▁Array ▁of ▁Simple ▁Process ors ▁( As AP ) ▁arrays ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁Davis , ▁ 1 6 - core ▁RA W ▁from ▁M IT , ▁and ▁ 1 6 - core ▁and ▁ 2 4 - core ▁arrays ▁from ▁F ud an ▁University . ▁ ▁The ▁Chinese ▁Sun way ▁project ▁developed ▁their ▁own ▁ 2 6 0 - core ▁SW 2 6 0 1 0 ▁many core