Programming for multicore systems can be complex, so an industry consortium led by Advanced Micro Devices has taken a step ahead in its goal to eliminate development challenges so applications are ...

In order to take full advantage of the capabilities that multicore processors offer, the computer industry will need to embrace a paradigm shift. Quite a few parallel programming languages have been ...

The Universal Parallel Computing Research Center has announced a series of courses this summer designed to introduce programmers to multicore programming paradigms. From their website: Our program ...

A new evaluation of popular parallel programming languages finds that the C++ library provides the best combination of usability and performance Multicore programming is a tricky problem. Developers ...

The Multicore Association is establishing specifications for a programming model that will reduce the complexity involved in writing software for multicore chips used in smartphones, tablets, and ...

The UPCRC at Illinois has announced a refreshing way to amp up your back-to-school summer vacation report. Finally, Tommy Rigel and his beach-condo-owning uncle can be jealous of you for once. Pack up ...

While today's multicore systems may have 2 to 16 cores, he said, cores will range into the hundreds within the next two to three years and reach 1,000 early in the next decade. There are three ...

Software “best practices” are often a combination of personal experience, corporate knowledge, group-think, and even customer requirements in some cases. As developers work to create new software or ...

The Multicore Association is establishing specifications for a programming model that will reduce the complexity involved in writing software for multicore chips used in smartphones, tablets and other ...

SAN FRANCISCO--As the Intel Developer Forum gets under way this week, one hardly unexpected theme of CEO Paul Otellini's keynote address was that Moore's Law continues. Ivy Bridge, Intel's upcoming 22 ...