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more about #parallelprocessing DudleyJibsheet: this is very informative -- thank you! looks like the name 'snow leopard' is a good fit -- rare and fast. there's a good article on the ever-feline... more » joule79: I think you are missing the whole point. Parallel programming has been around for ages in threading. The issue with threading is that too many of them... more » BelleCachinga: ""valid concern on Windows that a mixture of parallel apps won't cooperate with each other as much," so you could wind up with a situation where say, ... more » ripfire: I'm having a problem with this example: so you could wind up with a situation where say, four apps try to use all 16 cores in your machine, when you'... more » Nate Bosch: This is definitely the easiest read I've found explaining the differences between these approaches. Fantastic job making something so technical very ... more » BostonPimpDaddy2: Great article. Please do more of these if you can... more » iliad2099: Good article, matt. But do apps need to be written to utilize GCD, or will it speed up my existing apps? more » keving9012: Fantastic article, really broke down GCD and parallelism into terms most anyone can understand. more » ripfire: "Ok, let's see what we have here. Step 1, put this value in this register. Next step 2, multiply this register with this data..." [few nanoseconds lat... more » ChuckBlack: Oh man, GCD and Open CL are the two things I've been waiting for since 10.6 was announced! (Wets pants) We just gotta wait for software to catch up... more » Justin Paulson: Sounds like my entire operating systems class back in college. If you would have busted out the word semaphore I would have probably went into violen... more » med: Good article, makes a lot of sense. Kudos more » LinkinPain: great article ^_^ more » drgeelo: Excellent article. Very well written. more » Monty: Matt, you get my eternal gratitude for starting the article mentioning the Amiga as the start of graphics co-processors. It is exciting to have a pla... more » Nick Sweet: Mythbusters explains GPU vs CPU with extreme prejudice: more » Dr. H. F. Danger: needs more "!!!" GPGPU!!! more » Nick: alright, we need to brainstorm and find a way to pronounce this GPGPU. i ain't spendin the rest of my years saying each letter. more » Xeno: It looks like she's listening to a Zakk Wylde solo. more » admoseremic: Too bad there are again multiple standards working against the consumers. I've read somewhere that Nvidia was in talks with AMD to bring CUDA to the A... more » -
#gizexplains
Giz Explains: Snow Leopard's Grand Central Dispatch
You've probably heard about this snow kitty operating system for Macintosh computers. What you might not've heard is exactly how it's supposed to be unleashing the power of all those processor cores crammed inside your computer. More » -
#gizexplains
Giz Explains: GPGPU Computing, and Why It'll Melt Your Face Off
No, I didn't stutter: GPGPU—general-purpose computing on graphics processor units—is what's going to bring hot screaming gaming GPUs to the mainstream, with Windows 7 and Snow Leopard. Finally, everbody's face melts! Here's how. More » -
#windows7
Why Windows 7 Is Snappier Than Vista
Most people will tell you that Windows 7 is snappier than Vista, even though the raw numbers say otherwise. But it's not in your head. Windows 7 is more responsive than Vista. Here's why. More » -
#nvidia
Nvidia Quadro FX 5800 Claims Most Powerful Graphics Card Ever, Probably Handles Crysis OK
Nvidia has released what it describes as "the most powerful professional graphics card in graphics history"—the Quadro FX 5800, which packs up to 240 of Nvidia's CUDA independent graphics cores for shouldering some of the load normally handled by the main processor as well as 4GB of graphics memory, another claimed first. The 5800 is intended mostly for scientific and medical visualizations, as well as crazy complex 3D rendering. One might imagine it would also play most of your video games at a decent FPS. Price? $3500. More » -
