“With Moore's law, the raw performance of multi-core processors doubles with each new process geometry,” says Al Wegener, founder and CTO of Samplify Systems. “However, the sustained performance of ...

Intel is hoping to boost the market for its multi-core processors by turning a product that was designed to ease C++ programming into an open source project. The company last week announced the ...

This paper explores how Texas Instruments KeyStone multicore SoCs offload many software functions into hardware AccelerationPacs or other architectural elements to reduce the amount of software needed ...

Requirements for more processing power and for redundancy, especially in safety critical applications, is beginning to drive automotive industry demand for multi-core processors, according to Dr. Kay ...

As multicore processing architectures grow in popularity, suppliers are rolling out solutions to help engineers program the new breed of devices. PolyCore Software is offering a new version of its ...

An increasing number of multi-threaded embedded applications want to leverage multicore designs. Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) RTOS provides automatic load balancing of multiple threads in a ...

Download this article in PDF format. For many decades, software developers benefitted from being able to use the same software code while working with increasingly powerful hardware. As hardware ...

Gartner sounded a warning on Wednesday about the impact on software of the rapid growth of multicore chips and the number of threads each processor can handle. In a research note, the analysts argued ...

In reviewing CPU and server benchmarks, you’ve undoubtedly noticed that testing covers both single-core and multi-core performance. Here’s the difference. In terms of raw performance, both are equally ...