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One size does not fit all, and it never will. Parallel programming looks to level the playing field by leveraging multicore hardware. It was easy to program applications in the days when one chip, one ...

Programming languages are evolving to bring the software closer to hardware. As hardware architectures become more parallel (with the advent of multicore processors and FPGAs, for example), sequential ...

High Performance Computing (HPC) and parallel programming techniques underpin many of today’s most demanding computational tasks, from complex scientific simulations to data-intensive analytics. This ...

Intel's James Reinders presents some recurring themes for developers looking to improve their game when it comes to programming parallel systems... I'm James Reinders and, as I've travelled around ...

Dr. Guy Blelloch of Carnegie Mellon University has written an article for the folks at CilkArts analyzing why parallel programming seems to be more difficult than sequential programming. He quickly ...

For those trying to keep track of the myriad Microsoft efforts in the parallel programming/distributed computing space, here's a new language to add to your list ...

LONDON — The Offload parallel programming tool suite from Codeplay Software Ltd. is now available for all programmers developing software to run under Linux on the Cell Broadband Engine processor.

Catering to the growing need for parallel programming, Microsoft is implementing capabilities for this functionality in both the existing Visual Studio 2008 development platform and its planned ...

LONDON — Intel's CT (C for throughput) software technology, being developed for parallel programming products, will be deployed in a beta version later this year, according to Intel senior vice ...