A good mainstream press article quoting top technologists at places like AMD, Intel and Sun about software issues and multicore processors.

New Processors Present Problems, Payoff

An interesting New York Times article on the Sony PS3 game console.  The subtext is that while significantly more impressive games are possible with the PS3, it has been more of a challenge to develop software for this console compared to similar machines from Microsoft and Nintendo.   Presumably this is because of the Sony / Toshiba / IBM Cell Brodband Engine device at the heart of the PS3.  Sony has been behind the curve, but appears to be taking software more seriously:  Can Sony Revitalize Its Games? Yes, Maybe

A little more info from EE Times on David May’s UK multicore start-up, Xmos:  Multicore startup tips software-defined silicon

Although they have not been very visible when it come to multicore, Hewlett-Packard has announced a new multicore program:  HP Introduces Multi-Core Optimization Program for High-performance Computing