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 ...

In this article we will be discussing various aspects of multicore processing, including a look at different types of multicore processors and why these devices are becoming common and popular today.

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 ...

As multicore processing architectures grow in popularity, suppliers are rolling out solutions to help engineers program the new breed of devices. PolyCore Software is offering a new version of its ...

With chip makers continuing to increase the number of cores they include on each new generation of their processors, perhaps it's time to rethink the basic architecture of today's operating systems, ...

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 ...

Microsoft's Dave Probert sees the OS kernel of the future acting more like a hypervisor in order to better harness the power of multicore processors With chip makers continuing to increase the number ...

Intel and AMD threw programmers a curve ball when they forsook faster clock speeds for multicore chips, but Snow Leopard introduces real technology to help compensate. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

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.

Without a radical change in the way much of it is written, software, sadly, just can’t go much faster anymore. Speed improvements that typically came from faster processors with more transistors have ...