The advent of homogeneous, shared memory multicore platforms is seen as both a threat and an opportunity for the software industry. Many commentators are concerned that efficiently and correctly ...

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 other ...

From a distance it looks like a game of hot potato. But this version is played by hardware and software engineers, who normally don’t have much to do with each other. The hardware engineers say you ...

Java is fast becoming a platform for coding programs that react to events rather than simply executing a string of commands Reactive programming, in which programs react to events, is gathering steam ...

Over the last few years, the electronics industry has seen a varied range of exotic new multicore processor architectures, 54 at our last count. While many of the inventors of these fascinating ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Through new research, standards and tools, the industry is just starting to address what's being called a software gap between a rising tide of multicore processors and a lack of ...

Adding more cores is desirable to meet growing computing demands, but it could create more challenges for programmers writing code that enables applications to work effectively with multicore chips.

As CPUs and graphics processors (GPUs) evolve, many of their design features are beginning to look remarkably similar. As a result, many of today's most common workloads will soon have a choice about ...