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M2, Moneyball, and a new way to create software

By David Stewart (Intel) (174 posts) on January 29, 2012 at 10:28 pm
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Cross-posted from my blog on the Yocto Project website. Check us out there and the other things we're doing on Embedded Linux. I sat down this morning to jot down a few words about the latest Yocto Project development milestone, which has the very homely name of "M2". We pause at this time to branch [...]

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Why Maintenance Releases Matter

By David Stewart (Intel) (174 posts) on December 22, 2011 at 5:44 pm
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I'm cross-posting this from my blog on the Yocto Project web site. Please go there to learn more about embedded Linux and the work we're doing in the Yocto Project to make it easier for you to develop embedded devices. As the calendar year winds down, I find myself tapping away at the keyboard at [...]

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Our on-screen eye candy and the Yocto Project

By David Stewart (Intel) (174 posts) on December 6, 2011 at 2:30 pm
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Cross-posted from my blog on the Yocto Project website. Comment on it over there or here. The Linux Foundation did a nice little two-minute video clip of Jefro, our Yocto Project Community Manager, talking about last October's 1.1 release, and the upcoming 1.2 release planning. Check it out! Jefro discusses the Yocto Project 1.1 release [...]

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Register for Intel(R) Technical Presentation "Analysis of hybrid applications with the Intel(R) Cluster Studio XE 2012"

By RAVI (Intel) (18 posts) on December 2, 2011 at 10:31 am
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Gergana Slavova, Technical Consulting Engineer, will be presenting "Analysis of hybrid applications with the Intel(R) Cluster Studio XE 2012" on Dec 7th at 9am PDT. Please register!

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Category: Academic, Embedded Computing, Game Development, Graphics & Media, Open Source, Parallel Programming, Performance and Optimization, Software Tools, Uncategorized

Corks? Or Screw tops? Why the experience matters

By David Stewart (Intel) (174 posts) on November 22, 2011 at 6:29 pm
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Cross-posted from my blog on the Yocto Project web site. Respond here or over there. I've noticed a disturbing trend amongst a few of the high quality wineries in my state. They have abandoned the cork to close their high-end wine bottles and turned to screw caps. This is good news to people who struggle [...]

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THE YOCTO PROJECT AT THE 2011 EMBEDDED LINUX CONFERENCE - EUROPE

By David Stewart (Intel) (174 posts) on November 9, 2011 at 9:34 am
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Cross-posting this from my blog on the Yocto Project site. Follow up with your comment here or on that other site. Much has been written about how the Internet has revolutionized collaboration and made it possible for your brilliant ideas to make a difference no matter where you live on the planet. Bill Gates is [...]

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Forget the Console, buy a Gaming PC!

By Matt Ployhar (Intel) (42 posts) on November 3, 2011 at 2:45 pm
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This will be my tongue-in-cheek response to a ZDNET blog posting that can be found here: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/forget-the-gaming-pc-buy-a-console/15969#comments While the author brings up a few interesting discussion points; I’m not entirely convinced that it’s a fair assessment and here’s why. 1) Pricing: When the Xbox 360, and PS3 first released their real street price was no [...]

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Category: Academic, Android, Embedded Computing, Game Development, Graphics & Media, Mobility, Uncategorized

Register for Intel(R) Technical Presentation "Using Intel(R) VTune(TM) Amplifier XE to tune software on Intel(R) Microarchitecture Codename Sandy Bridge, Part 2: Common Issues & Tuning Suggestions"

By RAVI (Intel) (18 posts) on November 3, 2011 at 8:34 am
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Shannon Cepeda, Technical Consulting Engineer, will be presenting on Nov 9th at 9am PDT. Please register!

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Category: Academic, Embedded Computing, Game Development, Parallel Programming, Performance and Optimization, Software Tools, Uncategorized

PC Gaming Alliance unveiling its Cross Platform Gaming Spec next week!

By Matt Ployhar (Intel) (42 posts) on October 31, 2011 at 7:56 pm
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Next week the PC Gaming Alliance will be unveiling a set of proposals for a cross platform gaming specification; and game feature sets in a Webinar. This will be a historic event for PC Gaming, the PC Gaming Alliance, and an industry first to articulate a type of ‘metric’ system for gaming that spans multiple [...]

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Category: Academic, Android, Embedded Computing, Events, Game Development, Graphics & Media, Intel® AppUp Developer Program, Mobility, Open Source, Uncategorized

Meet Edison: the Yocto Project 1.1 release

By David Stewart (Intel) (174 posts) on October 21, 2011 at 12:40 pm
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Cross-posted from my blog on the Yocto Project website. Check out the complete site for more information. Back in my college days, I sang in the University Chorus, one of those big choirs who sang a variety of pieces, mostly classical and rarely a more contemporary song. One time we had a young music director [...]

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Opportunities to learn about the Yocto Project at IDF

By David Stewart (Intel) (174 posts) on September 12, 2011 at 3:56 pm
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If you are attending the Intel Developer Forum, you have a couple of great opportunities to learn about the Yocto Project and how it helps embedded Linux. Hands-on Lab: Create a Custom Embedded Linux* OS for Any Embedded Device using the Yocto Project - Wednesday (9/14) at 1:05PM, repeated at 3:20PM, Room 2012 - This [...]

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YOCTO 1.1 - THE BETA TEST

By David Stewart (Intel) (174 posts) on August 31, 2011 at 7:11 pm
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I'm cross-posting this from my blog over at the Yocto Project. Would you be willing to check out the beta of our next release? We finished up all of our expected feature development on the Yocto Project version 1.1, due out in October. After some stabilization and bug fixing, we're encouraging everyone to try out [...]

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Aggressive Parking Negotiations and embedded computing

By David Stewart (Intel) (174 posts) on August 25, 2011 at 11:42 am
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Cross-posted from my blog on the Yocto Project web site. Follow up there for more useful embedded Linux information. I was just in Los Angeles this week for a few days of holiday with my family. With apologies to the Angelinos who might read this post, we got an excellent exposure to the local culture: [...]

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What it's like to work as a software person at Intel (video)

By David Stewart (Intel) (174 posts) on August 19, 2011 at 7:06 am
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I'm taking a break from my usual posts about embedded Linux and the Yocto Project to let you in on a little secret. Working at as a software person at Intel can be pretty awesome. A few weeks ago, we had a video crew stalking our offices, rolling tape on some of our work day. [...]

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Understanding x86 vs ARM Memory Alignment on Android

By Orion Granatir (Intel) (9 posts) on August 18, 2011 at 12:10 pm
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With Google’s recent release of the NDK (r6), it is now possible build Android application for x86 processors in addition to ARM. In general, this only involves rebuilding native code to port applications from ARM to x86. However, there are a few pitfalls to avoid. One difference between x86 and ARM is the memory alignment [...]

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