Parallel Programming Talk: Addressing the Multicore Challenge

In this week's java.net Spotlight, we're highlighting Aaron Tersteeg's Parallel Programming Talk show, which is broadcast every Tuesday at 8:00 AM US Pacific Time (16:00 GMT). This past week's show featured Dr. Danny Dig of the University of Illinois. The topic of discussion was "Refactoring (Parallelizing) Java Applications." A few weeks ago, Paul Guermonprez was Aaron's guest, with the topic of conversation being "Parallel Java." Parallel Programming Talk covers the broad spectrum of issues related to the parallel programming that will be necessary if developers are going to meet the challenges of developing apps that fully utilize the many processor / many core computers that are likely to become predominate in the not too distant future. More than 60 Parallel Programming Talk shows have been broadcast since the series began in July 2008. What started out as a fun idea has ramped into a growing community of interest. The format is simple; a few news announcements followed by a brief conversation about parallel programming tools, technology or application. Guest on the show have included Microsoft, Interactive Supercomputing, Axceleon, Intel Engineers and Academics. The whole show runs 30min and is recorded over a phone line, simple enough to have anyone in the world as a guest on the show. The show streams live using the free Blog Talk Radio network and is available for replay or download via Int...

Date: February, 15 2010
Url: http://www.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2010/02/15/parallel-programming-talk-addressing-multicore-challenge

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