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 ...

The Economist has posted an interesting feature on the difficulties of parallel programming, which is becoming a big problem now that even mobile devices are multicore. It’s well-worth a read, as it ...

As modern .NET applications grow increasingly reliant on concurrency to deliver responsive, scalable experiences, mastering asynchronous and parallel programming has become essential for every serious ...

"Why Apps Can't Run Faster" explained that just putting more and more cores in chips doesn't increase the processing speed of applications. This is because applications aren't typically designed to ...

I’m James Reinders and as I've travelled around talking to programmers about parallel programming I’ve come up with a set of rules of thumb; recurring themes about what makes programmers more ...

Whether modifying an existing application or writing entirely new code, parallel applications can be much more challenging to work with than their sequential counterparts. Without a doubt, the ...

I just finished reading the new book by David Kirk and Wen-mei Hwu called Programming Massively Parallel Processors. The generic title notwithstanding, readers should not come to this book expecting ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The MathWorks is rolling out a new release of its MatLab environment that includes new parallel programming capabilities. Release 2008b available Monday (Oct. 20) lets users ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

James Reinders, Intel's head of software development products, sets out some of the company's plans for encouraging more developers to switch to parallel programming. With many programmers barely ...