Tag: multicore

A Tool to Make More of Many Cores

By Robert X. Cringley | 04/21/2009 | 4 Comments

Intel's Ct software will make ordinary code work on forthcoming many-core processors.

Speeding Up Financial Analysis

By Kate Greene | 04/15/2009 | 1 Comment

IBM's combination of hardware and software crunches financial data at an unprecedented rate.

A Chinese Challenge to Intel

By Kate Greene | 09/02/2008 | 0 Comments

Researchers have revealed details of China's latest homegrown microprocessor.

The Future of Computing, According to Intel

By Kate Greene | 09/26/2007 | 10 Comments

Massively multicore processors will enable smarter computers that can infer our activities.

A New Design for Computer Chips

By Kate Greene | 08/20/2007 | 1 Comment

An MIT spinoff introduces the first commercial chip with a mesh architecture.

Converting DVD into HD DVD

By Kate Greene | 06/26/2007 | 8 Comments

Software for multicore computers could add resolution to video in real time.

Simpler Programming for Multicore Computers

By Kate Greene | 04/27/2007 | 8 Comments

A new programming language could make it easier to write software for multicore machines.

The Promise of Personal Supercomputers

By Kate Greene | 02/23/2007 | 6 Comments

What will it take to put thousands of microprocessors in cell phones and laptops?