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Software Tool Talk!
By David Mackay (Intel)Posted Febrero 10th 20120
Hello everyone, Where do you go to learn about the features of Intel Software Development Products?    Soon the answer to this question will be Tool Talk.   Let me tell you about a new program we are starting.   We are creating a new video series called Tool Talk.  I will host these episodes.    ...
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XE - Time to start talking more about Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2011
By David Mackay (Intel)Posted Mayo 12th 20110
Spring is here and it is well past time for me to get back to the blog page and start sharing ideas and notes. I have been thinking about a new series of blogs and it is time to start writing them. This new series should be a lot of fun. I plan to write about - Intel® Parallel Studio XE. I ...
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Performance Analysis of Threading Building Blocks
By David Mackay (Intel)Posted Mayo 10th 20110
Intel® Threading Building Blocks (TBB) is a popular abstraction for expressing parallelism in C++ software.  The Threading Building Blocks lead to good decomposition for threading.   But do you know how to check how well it is tuned, so you use Threading Building Blocks most effectively. Today ...
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Parallel Programming with Intel and Microsoft
By David Mackay (Intel)Posted Septiembre 15th 20100
Intel is combining with Microsoft to teach a short course (1 day) on parallel programming.   Click here to register for the course.  This is your chance to register ...
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Parallel Studio contest - All the fun without the roadtrip
By David Mackay (Intel)Posted Junio 8th 20101
Every year my parents would load up the car and we would head out on vacation.  Invariably I or my siblings would ask "are we there yet?"  One game we played to pass the time and avoid the incessant "are we there yet?" question was 20 questions.   This summer we are going to bring you 20 questions ...
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Tune Up Your Code For Performance
By David Mackay (Intel)Posted Enero 28th 20100
A couple of weeks ago I wrote an blog about a couple of web seminars about improving the quality of your software - removing memory errors and data races using Intel® Parallel Inspector.      Today I want to encourage you to attend an MSDN ...
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Parallelism and threading training
By David Mackay (Intel)Posted Enero 19th 20101
The courses are rolling out.  Windows C++ developers  register now!   Intel is offering a one day course on threading and parallelism!   Last year I taught a ...
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Improving Software quality - checking for memory errors and thread data races
By David Mackay (Intel)Posted Enero 13th 20101
In December I had fun participating in a couple of web seminars about a product for finding common memory errors as well as thread deadlocks and data races:  Intel Parallel Inspector.   Many of you might have missed these so let me tell you about them.  The first web seminar was one I got to ...
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Fun with Locks and Waits - Performance Tuning
By David Mackay (Intel)Posted Diciembre 23rd 20092
At times threaded software requires some critical sections, mutexes or locks.   Do developers always know which of the objects in their code has the most impact?   If I want to examine my software to minimize the impact or restructure data to eliminate some of these synchronization objects and ...
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Software without Memory errors and data races
By David Mackay (Intel)Posted Diciembre 7th 20091
This year we launched intel Parallel Studio.  Intel Parallel Studio is designed to improve the productivity and help the Visual C++ developer create good threaded software that scales.   It includes components that help express parallelism (Intel Threading Building Blocks), performance libraries, ...
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