IDF 2010: Five steps to parallel programming heaven

Posted on 22/09/2010 by softtalkblog

Last week at IDF, James Reinders (evangelist for Intel’s software and services group) delivered a presentation in partnership with Steve Teixeira (Product Unit Manager, Parallel Computing Platform Developer Division, Microsoft) to show how Intel tools and Microsoft’s Visual Studio work well together. The key lesson, Teixeira said, was that the paradigms used in both are [...]

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IDF 2010: A sneak peak at the new Intel Array Building Blocks

Posted on 22/09/2010 by softtalkblog

Last week at IDF, I got a first look at the new Intel Array Building Blocks (ArBB), a new approach for exploiting the multicore and SIMD hardware of a machine. As I blogged, previously, Intel Array Building Blocks includes a virtual machine that compiles the program at runtime to use the available architecture. That means [...]

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A cat, a mouse and a game of poker

Posted on 22/09/2010 by softtalkblog

If you want to put your multithreading coding skills to the test, then phase two of Intel Threading Challenge 2010 might be the competition just for you.  There are two entry levels, apprentice and master, and not only do you get to pit your skills against others and stretch your knowledge you can also win [...]

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