Pretty interesting article in the Economist yesterday about parallelism:
"Computing: Parallel programming, once an obscure niche, is the focus of increasing interest as “multicore” chips proliferate in ordinary PCs "
http://www.economist.com/node/18750706
Inside story: Parallel bars (The Economist)
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Ahh this is dead interesting, thanks Jamie - might have to retweet this too!
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That was an interesting read, thanks for linking it Jamie.
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In a very loosely related theme, I saw an ad recently for the 2011 Hot Chips conference in San Francisco that included the title "The XMOS Architecture and the XS1 Chips".
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Wow really? Can you find a link? :D
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A link directly to the mention of XMOS:
http://www.hotchips.org/program/program-23
4:15 PM-5:15 PM, The XMOS Arch and the XS1 chips, XMOS, David May
http://www.hotchips.org/program/program-23
4:15 PM-5:15 PM, The XMOS Arch and the XS1 chips, XMOS, David May