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Parallel Programming Talk - Doug Holland & Unified Modeling Language

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:18:51 -0400

Parallel Programming Talk - Doug Holland & Unified Modeling Language:

Doug Holland joined me today for Parallel Programing Talk. Doug is a .NET architect and software developer within Intel’s Software and Services Group. He’s also been recognized as a Intel Software…

TBB containers vs. STL. Performance in the multi-core age.

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:06:27 -0400

TBB containers vs. STL. Performance in the multi-core age.:

In my previous post I’ve tried to explain why TBB containers are so different from the STL ones, and claimed “efficiency” and “performance” considerations to be important reasons. For the starter…

TBB containers vs. STL. Functionality rift

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:08:12 -0400

TBB containers vs. STL. Functionality rift:

I’ve noticed that developers who start using TBB often ask questions “Whether I should replace STL containers (protected with locks where necessary) by their TBB counterparts in my…

Eliminate False Sharing? Wrong!

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:52:07 -0400

Eliminate False Sharing? Wrong!:

Entry in Parallel Programming with .NET blog “Most Common Performance Issues in Parallel Programs” and recent article in MSDN “.NET Matters: False Sharing” have attracted my attention. Basically…

Hello, Intel Software Network!

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:52:07 -0400

Hello, Intel Software Network!:

Hi, I’m Dmitriy V’jukov, and welcome to my blog.

I’m going to devote this blog to multi-threading, multi-core, synchronization algorithms and all other concerned things. Development of lock-free,…

Parallel Programing Talk - Microsoft Concurrency Runtime

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:23:19 -0400

Parallel Programing Talk - Microsoft Concurrency Runtime:

Today Clay Breshears and Aaron Tersteeg discussed the Microsoft Concurrency Runtime with Microsoft Software Architect Niklas Gustafsso. We also announced the winner of the Intel Threading Challenge.

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Open source project - LAME mp3 encoder optimization

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:14:17 -0400

Open source project - LAME mp3 encoder optimization:

One of the nice things about working on open source code is that any interesting findings can be freely discussed, such as in this blog. With that in mind I recently took up a project to…

Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2008

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:55:44 -0400

Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2008:

The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2008 conference began this morning at Keystone resort in Colorado. Last evening during the newcomers workshop the Ann Chandon indicated that this…

Take Five Videos: 150k Views, and Back to the Beginning?

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:54:02 -0400

Take Five Videos: 150k Views, and Back to the Beginning?:

The Take Five Video program reached 150k views since we launched with short technical videos in February this year. It has been fabulous to see our views go up each month and other sites…

The new ranking and recognition on our communities!

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:50:12 -0400

The new ranking and recognition on our communities!:

A number of new features and improvements went live on Intel Software Network last week. My personal favorite is how easy it is going to be from now on to contribute & share articles, videos and…

Meet our team at the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference and tell us about your software development effort

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:49:17 -0400

Meet our team at the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference and tell us about your software development effort:

The Intel Software Partner Program team will be in the Intel booth at the Intel the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference in Los Angeles from October 27 - 29, 2008. We would like to invite any…

Simplifying Multicore Optimization for Enterprise Applications

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:49:16 -0400

Simplifying Multicore Optimization for Enterprise Applications:

There has been much written and discussed about the technology advantages and business value of multi-core computing. At Oracle Open World last week, Intel’s CEO provided several compelling…

Parallel Programming News - Radio Show Notes - Intel® Adaptive Spike-Based Solver

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:21:37 -0400

Parallel Programming News - Radio Show Notes - Intel® Adaptive Spike-Based Solver:

On today’s Parallel Programming show Clay Breshears and Aaron Tersteeg talked with Henry Gabb, Principal Engineer about his work on the Intel® Adaptive Spike-Based Solver.

Parallel Programming News - Radio Show Notes - Intel® Adaptive Spike-Based Solver

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:09:45 -0400

Parallel Programming News - Radio Show Notes - Intel® Adaptive Spike-Based Solver:

On today’s Parallel Programming show Clay Breshears and Aaron Tersteeg talked with Henry Gabb, Principal Engineer about his work on the Intel® Adaptive Spike-Based Solver.

TBB is part of the concurrency revolution

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:01:04 -0400

TBB is part of the concurrency revolution:

In my first blog that I said I would blog mostly about threading and performance. This time I am writing about TBB or Intel® Threading Building Blocks. But let me begin by discussing the…

What is so Hard About Parallel Programming?

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:51:26 -0400

What is so Hard About Parallel Programming?:

I’ve seen it again. One more claim that “Parallel programming is hard” and then the claimant launching into some complex and convoluted solution to make parallel programming easier. (Matt Wolfe …

Is DOS the ideal parallel environment - Part III

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:41:31 -0400

Is DOS the ideal parallel environment - Part III:

Part 2 of this article talked about the parallel design of the UNIX operating system that was highley advanced at the time. This part talks about the design and implementation of the Windows NT…

Intel SOA "Soft" Appliance in Financial Services

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:39:09 -0400

Intel SOA "Soft" Appliance in Financial Services:

“Time is money”. That old saying is as relevant as ever in the modern financial service markets. Complex, real-time, and algorithmic trading are constantly pushing the envelope of that phase.

We…

Thank you Intel Software Network

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:36:30 -0400

Thank you Intel Software Network:

Hi again everyone. I just wanted to come back to you on the tremendous response we have received from the community on the Black Belt program. I have been flooded with e-mails with number of…

HDR - Wooden Bridge in Essex, Montana

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:29:41 -0400

HDR - Wooden Bridge in Essex, Montana:

Taken over labor day weekend in the back country around Essex, Montana.

Processed with Photoshop CS3 on my dual core Intel Centrino Duo laptop.

I like the ability to see the clouds and…