Intel has filed a patent for an interesting technique that would enable multiple cores to pair up via software management.

Acknowledging the significant struggles that programmers face on the increasingly prevalent multicore chip formats, Intel Corp. Tuesday announced the availability of two software products, the Intel ...

Intel open sources multicore programming tool Intel launches their largest open-source effort ever: Thread Building Blocks 2 … ...

Adding more cores is desirable to meet growing computing demands, but it could create more challenges for programmers writing code that enables applications to work effectively with multicore chips.

Intel Corp. last week rolled out the first major upgrade of its C++ and Fortran compilers in two years, adding new features to better exploit programming its X86 multicore processors. The compilers ...

Intel is focusing its efforts on homogeneous cores. It’s likely that the two worlds will merge with a mix of homogeneous and heterogeneous cores, but it raises some programming issues that are not yet ...

Intel just picked up RapidMind, a company that specializes in making it easy for developers to optimize and program their applications for multicore processors.

Intel hopes to lend a hand through a new programming language — called Ct — the chipmaker has developed specifically for multi-core computing. Ct was among the dozens of projects Intel had on display ...

Chip makers and system builders have begun efforts to educate developers and provide them with better tools for multicore programming. A year ago, Intel and Microsoft said they would invest US$20 ...

Adding more cores is desirable to meet growing computing demands, but it could create more challenges for programmers writing code that enables applications to work effectively with multicore chips.

As technology develops at a fast rate, a challenge for developers is to adapt to programming for multicore systems, said Doug Davis, vice president of the digital enterprise group at Intel, during ...