Computing in Science and Engineering is jointly published by the IEEE Computer Society and the American Institute of Physics. They are currently accepting submissions for an upcoming Special Issue on the High-Performance Computing Applications on Novel Architectures. This includes ‘FPGAs, Cell BE and GPUs’. The submission deadline is Feb. 1, 2008.
I’ve commented on the excellent series of articles by David Alan Grier in IEEE Computer. I especially enjoyed his May 2007 article “Working Class Hero“. Not really anything directly to do with multicore, but an insightful and entertaining read.
In a new story that has been widely reported in the popular press:Â Tilera unveils 64-core microchip
The First Workshop on Programmability Issues for Multi-Core Computers (MULTIPROG) will be held in conjunction with the 3rd International Conference on High-Performance Embedded Architectures and Compilers (HiPEAC) in Goteborg, Sweden, January 27, 2008. The submission deadline for papers is October 5, 2007.
Sony has announced a new development board using the Cell BE along with the Nvidia RSX. This is the same configuration as in the Playstation 3, but the board is aimed at the motion picture industry. The press release from Sony gives more details.
The Austin, TX data acquisition company National Instruments continues it move into embedded tools with the announcement of multicore design tools in their new LabView release:Â Multicore processor support one of many enhancements in NI’s LabVIEW 8.5
This EE Times article implies that Microsoft believes that a parallel programming model will take another ten years of work. By that point it is reasonable to expect a commercial CPU could contain hundreds of cores. M’soft: Parallel programming model 10 years off
From the blog of  Mary Jo Foley (‘Unblinking Eye on Microsoft’) : What will next-generation multicore apps look like?