concurrency

Getting Started with Parallel Programming

Multi-core computers have shifted the burden of software performance from chip designers to software architects and developers. In order to gain the full...

6 replies - 10023 views - 06/23/09 by HFadeel in Articles

What is so Hard About Parallel Programming?

I've seen it again.  One more claim that "Parallel programming is hard" and then the claimant launching into some complex and convoluted solution to...

7 replies - 4891 views - 03/31/09 by claybreshears in News

Scala Actors 101 - Threadless and Scalable

Application performance is no longer a free lunch, and with current hardware trends of cores-for-the-chores, the search is on for the programming model that...

3 replies - 13371 views - 08/12/08 by Debasish Ghosh in Articles