Archive for March, 2009

Gartner explores reality of x86 parallelism

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Some comments from Gartner on the future of multicore:
Gartner explores reality of x86 parallelism An interesting quote on the software vs. hardware mismatch:

The impact is akin to putting a Ferrari engine in a go-cart; the power may be there, but design mismatches severely limit the ability to exploit it.

Multicore Chips Pose Next Big Challenge for Industry

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

A popular article from PC World magazine: Multicore Chips Pose Next Big Challenge for Industry.

Multicore CPUs face slow road in comms

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

An EE Times article on the slow road to multicore in comms:
Multicore CPUs face slow road in comms, The culprit: complex, fragmented technology.

The long slog to multicore land

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

From the Register: The long slog to multicore land