In the past two years, the major web browsers have added support for the graphics processing unit (GPU) that’s a part of every PC. You might be aware that the GPU is there, but it rarely got used if you weren’t playing games. Quietly, the GPU is being put to work in non-entertainment ways. GPUs [...]
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What Intel and AMD’s Latest Multicore Development Moves Mean to You
by Andy Patrizio | Comments
From the moment they introduced multi-core processors, Intel and AMD have made significant efforts to educate, train, and assist developers in writing multicore applications – for obvious reasons. They have a vested interest in encouraging developers to use multicore hardware; that’s what sells chips. The two firms have charged forward with their product development cycles, [...]
