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Inside Intel® VTune™ Amplifier XE

Posted by Stephen Wellman, Vice President & Editor-in-Chief at Geeknet
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Creating Parallel Do Loops with Threading Building Blocks

Posted by Jeff Cogswell, Geeknet Contributing Editor

Sometimes when you’re building an algorithm, a do-while loop is more suitable than a for loop. In traditional C++ programming, you have constructs besides the for loop, but if you want to use a for loop, you can use it to mimic a do-while loop like so: 1bool done = …

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Verifying Parallelization of C++ Code with Parallel Inspector

Posted by Jeff Cogswell, Geeknet Contributing Editor

When you start with a serial algorithm and convert it into a parallel algorithm, you want to use the tools in Intel Parallel Studio to do a full test on your running code to make sure there are no memory and thread errors. This is the “verify” stage of development, …

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Games and Formal Verification

Posted by John Jainschigg, Geeknet Contributing Editor

Intel Cluster Studio XE 2012 (see http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/intel-cluster-studio-xe-2012-overview-from-intel-software-conference-2012/ and http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-cluster-studio-xe/) is the latest iteration of Intel’s development suite for HPC clusters. Its powerful, wizard-based code-commenting and code-generating workflow interfaces make counterintuitively simple the task of parallelizing applications efficiently on grand-scale cluster and supercomputing platforms, using Cilk Plus and Threaded Building Blocks …

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Photo Software Maker Uses Intel VTune Amplifier XE: Video Interview from Intel Software Conference 2012

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Intel Cluster Studio XE 2012 Overview from Intel Software Conference 2012

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Verifying with Parallel Amplifier

Posted by Jeff Cogswell, Geeknet Contributing Editor

One of the main tenets of the Intel Parallel Studio philosophy is verification. In a lot of ways, verification is the holy grail of software development, because you want to be sure that your code is correct. With today’s technology you can only go so far, but Intel Parallel Studio …

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Intel Acquires Cray Internetworking: Wither Software?

Posted by John Jainschigg, Geeknet Contributing Editor

On April 24, Intel signed an agreement to acquire supercomputer maker Cray’s interconnect hardware development program and related intellectual property for $140 million. Up to 74 Cray employees will join Intel. Cray will retain certain rights to use transferred assets in Cray products, and will be permitted to leverage differentiating …

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New 22-nm Intel Ivy Bridge Chips 37% Faster Than Previous Generation, Use 50% Less Energy

Posted by Chris Yeich, Director - Strategic Content, Geeknet Media

Intel today announced the launch of its much-anticipated “Ivy Bridge” third-generation family of Intel Core chips, the first wave of which will comprise 13 quad-core processors that are geared primarily for use in desktop computers. Ivy Bridge chips designed for use in laptops are expected to come later this year. …

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Building Parallel Applications with Cilk Plus and Threading Building Blocks

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