Articles by Douglas Eadline

Multi-Core Debugging and Performance Enhancement

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:15:00 EDT

Computer systems have fully entered the age of multi-core processing. This trend was examined in a white paper entitled, 'Preparing for the Revolution, Maximizing Dual-Core Technology.' While much of the focus had been on dual-core processors, Intel has now delivered quad-core processors and AMD has announced quad-core availability in 2007. Software developers who are just taking advantage of multiple processors also need to be looking ahead since even larger multi-core platforms will reach the market soon. This new technology puts additional pressures on complex applications. In essence, the push beyond dual-cores has made the choice of development tools a key factor for successful projects.

Achieving High Performance at Low Cost

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:00:00 EST

Advances in clustering technology have redefined the price-to-performance curve for many High Performance Computing (HPC) application areas. The use of specialized high-speed interconnects and fast commodity processors have pushed the envelope to where it is today.

Preparing for the Revolution

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:00:00 EST

There's revolution (or evolution) occurring in the high-performance computing (HPC) industry. Recently both AMD and Intel introduced chips with multiple processing units in a single package. Instead of having one central processor, or brain, computers will now have multiple brains with which to run programs. While this technique isn't new, it's the first time these types of architectures have been mass-produced and sold to the commodity PC and server markets.