The MPC parallel framework has been ported to Intel MIC (50 cores)

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is among the organisations that’s been experimenting with Knights Ferry, Intel’s software development platform for its Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture. And it’s recently announced that it’s ported the MPC parallel framework to work on it. If we are to exploit the full potential of manycore, [...]

EU invests EUR3.5 million in parallel programming

The bonkers bureaucrats of Brussels get a slating in the press often enough, but the EU also makes significant investments in the infrastructure we need for tomorrow. The EU 7th Framework programme aims to help Europe become the world’s leading knowledge economy by promoting research that will help to stimulate growth, competitiveness and employment. It’s [...]

Should we ration the cores that apps can access?

Last week I had the pleasure of seeing Tim Berners-Lee talk at RSA Conference in London. As the inventor of the world wide web, he’s had a huge impact on our lives. The history of the internet begins long before the world wide web, but the web made it easy for anyone to publish content [...]

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