As hardware designers turn toward multicore processors to improve computing power, software programmers must find new programming strategies that harness the power of parallel computing. One technique ...

Multi-core processors theoretically can run many threads of code in parallel, but some categories of operation currently bog down attempts to raise overall performance by parallelizing computing. Is ...

This sponsored post is produced by MaxPlay. Virtual Reality is ushering in an era of amazing new experiences, but it also introduces a variety of new challenges that require innovative solutions. One ...

Xilinx, which specializes in processors that can be programmed, said it has shipped its Versal AI Core and Versal Prime devices as it aims to create a new platform for adaptable computing. Versal ...

Video transcoding is the problem of converting from one compressed video format to another by decoding to raw video frames and then re-encoding in the new format. In many applications efficient ...

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. HIPPEROS S.A., a developer of real-time and embedded high-performance-computing software designed to improve efficiency and reliability, has added a series of ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RSA Conference 2011 -- NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. [NASDAQ:NETL], a worldwide leader in high-performance intelligent semiconductor solutions for next-generation ...

Freescale Semiconductor (www.freescale.com) has introduced the MPC5121e (www.freescale. com /files/pr/mpc51xx.html), a 32-bit system-on-chip (SoC) optimized for high-performance, power-sensitive ...

A CPU chip that contains two distinct processing units that work in parallel. IBM introduced dual core Power 4 CPUs in 2000, followed by Sun and HP in 2004 and x86-based Pentiums in 2005. A year later ...

It's hard to overemphasize how far computers have come and how they have transformed just about every aspect of our lives. From rudimentary devices like toasters to cutting-edge devices like ...