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Workaround Patch for HAXM Installation Error "Failed to configure driver: unknown error. Failed to open driver"
By Tao Wang (Intel)Posted April 25th 20130
There are occasional reports that when developers are installing Intel HAXM, they got an error said" Failed to configure driver: unknown error. Failed to open driver". There are many factors that could cause this error. If you happen to have an issue on your system, you can follow the workaround ...
Focus on form factors: Developers and the “tablet first” strategy
By Wendy Boswell (...Posted April 24th 20130
Is it a good idea for developers to focus on one form factor – and one form factor, only? One developer, Supercell, has done just this, calling it a “tablet first strategy”, and they plan to build all their projects from here on out focused purely on the tablet device: “The studio believes tablets ...
Tablets, Phablets: Form Factors and the Influence on Developers
By Wendy Boswell (...Posted April 24th 20130
recent study from analytics firm Flurry, which follows movement on over one billion smartphones and tablets around the world on a monthly basis, gave some intriguing insights on which ...
Register for Intel® Software Tools Spring Technical Webinar Presentation "Design and prototype scalable threading using Intel® Advisor XE"
By RAVI (Intel)Posted April 24th 20130
I will be presenting on May 14th at 11am PDT on the following topic: Design and prototype scalable threading using Intel® Advisor XE Please register for this presentation using the following link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com ...
Check out the Intel® Advisor XE 2013 Update 3..
By RAVI (Intel)Posted April 24th 20130
Intel® Advisor XE 2013 Update 3 guides developers to add parallelism to their existing C/C++ programs. Using this tool, you can identify where most of the time is spent in your code, which of those locations can actually scale to multi-core and what correctness issues are lurking in those ...
The Ultimate Coder Has Been Named - Final Results of Ultimate Coder Challenge: Going Perceptual
By Bob Duffy (Intel)Posted April 22nd 20134
For 7 weeks we've seen 7 teams hack, code, build, and rebuild apps to leverage the Intel Perceptual Computing SDK using a convertible Ultrabook™. Our judges have taken time to review the work, have tested each ...
The Software Manifesto: 9 Principles for Higher Level Coding
By Wendy Boswell (...Posted April 22nd 20130
There’s an interesting link being passed around today titled “Manifesto for Minimalist Software Engineers”. It’s a list of nine basic principles to keep in mind when developing good software and it’s definitely worth a read whether or not you’re ...
Windows* Store Apps: The Differentiating Features
By Miao Wei (Intel)Posted April 19th 20132
Objective In this blog we will discuss the key aspects of Windows 8 and the differentiating features of the Windows Store apps. We also present the application developers with the key items to consider when developing Win8 Store Apps and references on how to create Win8 Store Apps. For detailed ...
Introducing the Intel® vPro™ Platform Solution Manager
By Gael Hofemeier ...Posted April 19th 20132
Welcome to my blog about the Intel vPro Platform Solution Manager (PSM). This tool is available for download on the Intel Developer Zone and is applicable to managing Intel AMT clients that have already been enabled. ...
Ultimate Coder Challenge: First Thoughts from the Judges
By Wendy Boswell (...Posted April 19th 20130
Last week, our Challengers submitted the final version of their perceptual computing apps to the judges, and this week, it was testing time.  Our judges took on the task of putting each project through its paces, and wrote up their first thoughts on each and every one – in addition to general ...

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How to Create a Target-hitting Marketing Strategy in 5 Steps
By Wendy ThomasPosted March 6th 20121
There have literally been thousands of books written on how to create a company's marketing strategy. It can be as complicated or as straightforward as you ...
PC Gaming hits an all time high of $18.6B in Software Revenues for 2011!
By Matt Ployhar (Intel)Posted March 6th 20122
Wow… what a year for PC Gaming! The PC Gaming Alliance has just released our latest Press Release results covering PC Gaming’s latest revenue milestone now exceeding $18.6B. The in-depth details are available to PC Gaming Alliance members provided in our Horizon’s Research Reports. The best ...
On-Demand Webinar: Learn How to Effectively Manage your Social Media Channels with HootSuite
By Lauren Dankiewi...Posted March 5th 20120
Our free introductory webinar on social media management is now available for Intel® Software Partner Program members! If you are currently using, or planning to use, social media as ...
SCS 8.0 ... now only weeks away
By Nachman Israel ...Posted March 3rd 20120
In the life of a project you work on, the last few weeks can be very stressful. So before I dive into those final weeks of intense coding, this is a good time for me to take a step back and share with you some of the cooler features we've added to SCS 8.0.Jobs - Jobs are basically operations you ...
Video: How to Configure and Un-configure an Intel® vPro™ technology client (Intel® AMT) inside the MEBx Menus
By Gael Hofemeier ...Posted March 2nd 20123
If you have just purchased and Intel® AMT Client and are wondering how to get started managing your new system, you can watch this short ~10 minute video on how to quickly configure Intel AMT. This video also demonstrates how to unconfigure Intel AMT from inside the MEBx environment. ...
Video: Taking a look at the IMSS software on an Intel® vPro™ technology client (Intel® AMT)
By Gael Hofemeier ...Posted March 2nd 20120
If you have either a Notebook or a Desktop equipped with Intel® vPro Technology and you are also working with one of it's components, Intel® Active Management Technology, chances are you have the "Intel Management and Security Status" software installed on your system. In this video, we start this ...
5 Things to Consider When Optimizing Your Software for Geographic Diversity
By Kevin MurphyPosted March 1st 20122
Before investing valuable time and money selling to different geographic markets, you need to have a strong understanding of the various software modifications that are needed to globalize your product. With the international market presenting ...
Video: Navigating the MEBx Menus of an Intel® vPro™ technology client (Intel® AMT)
By Gael Hofemeier ...Posted February 29th 20120
The first thing you may think about after you have purchased an Intel® vPro Platform with Intel® AMT Technology, is "Where do I start?"  Getting to "know" the MEBx* menus is probably one of the first things you might want to do.  This video shows you how to get into them and how you can change ...
Intel AppUp® Center - HTML5 and native apps
By amarnath-kona (...Posted February 29th 20123
Hi All, Raghav Darisi and I will presenting the Intel AppUp® developer program, how you can bring your apps either native or HTML5 into the Intel AppUp® center. we will also show you the tools and SDK offerings provided by the program to help get your app to the market. Please visit us at GDC 2012 ...

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Multi-producer/multi-consumer SEH-based queue
By Dmitry VyukovPosted August 11th 200932
Here is my multi-producer/single-consumer queue:http://groups.google.ru/group/lock-free/browse_frm/thread/55df71b87acb8201 The interesting part of the algorithm is an XCHG-based producer part. ...
India Game Developer Forums
By preethi-raj (Intel)Posted August 18th 200831
Starting this August 08, we kick start a series of Game Developer Forums in India. The world of gaming where breakneck speeds and high quality graphics are the only weapons that can help win a fight to the finish, the Game Developer Forum aims to equip developers with ammunition that can help them ...
Enabling Wireless Display (WiDi) on Windows 8 Consumer Preview
By rradi (Intel)Posted May 29th 201230
Chances are that if you have upgraded your Wireless Display (WiDi) capable laptop or tablet (with the specs mentioned here) from Windows 7 to Windows 8 Consumer Preview, then you probably stopped being able to enjoy ...
Ask ISN Your Questions!
By Gina Bovara (Intel)Posted April 10th 200830
  Do you have a burning question you've always wondered about and wanted to ask someone at Intel? Well now is your chance!  I'm opening up this blog to gather customer questions about the Intel Software Network, Intel Software Products, or general Intel questions that I will try and answer for you ...
16Gb RAM - Dell Mobile Precision Workstation M6400
By Doug Holland (Intel)Posted October 6th 200830
I have been running a notebook with 4Gb of memory for some time now and was aware of Dell enabling one of their workstation laptops to expand the memory to 8Gb which ...
Windows 7 "Pre-Beta" Build 7004
By Doug Holland (Intel)Posted December 19th 200830
Scott Wylie, Microsoft's New Zealand Director of Development and Platform Strategy, wrote today on his blog about his experience installing a pre-beta build of ...
Death Of The Mouse?
By Bob Duffy (Intel)Posted January 10th 201129
At CES something caught me, I found it very difficult to find a computer mouse. Not that I wanted one, but as I went from booth to booth, demo to demo, the mouse was like an unwanted dinner guest, nobody told it to come. Game controllers, remote controllers, touch devices, and track pads were ...
Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta "Aero Enabled" Workstation
By Doug Holland (Intel)Posted January 9th 200929
In February last year I wrote a blog post entitled Windows Server 2008 "Aero Enabled" Workstation Edition where I showed you how you could use ...
Hardware support for Locks
By Asaf ShellyPosted February 22nd 201029
Locks are a problematic mechanism because they can potentially slow down the system. Sometimes you just need them, usually when working with low-level API and the lower levels of an infrastructure. There are four basic ways for using a lock: * Spin-lock : will retain the CPU core until a condition ...
Flaws of Object Oriented Modeling
By Asaf ShellyPosted August 22nd 200828
At the beginning of the computer era the system designers came from the world of hardware and it is noticeable. In hardware there are many working elements that can operate in parallel and most times at different rates of operation. This requires hi degree of accuracy in system timing. Chip ...

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