Intel has said it will reach exascale by 2018, and parallel programming will be vital to reach that. The recent Intel Software Conference in Turkey gave me an introduction to some of the software tools that Intel provides that help to drive performance, productivity, quality and parallel scalability. A key part of Intel’s strategy is [...]
As Harry Hill would say… I like Coarrays. And I like MPI. But which is better? There’s only one way to find out! Fiiiight! Actually, we’re grown-ups and we don’t need to resort to that kind of thing, especially when there’s this handy crib sheet from the Intel Software Conference to set us straight: While [...]“GOD is REAL. (Unless declared INTEGER).” With this joke, Heinz Bast kicked off a presentation on Fortran at last week’s Intel Software conference in Istanbul. It’s the geekiest joke I’ve heard for a while, referencing the fact that undeclared variables in Fortran are integer if they start with letters I to N and are real [...]
Intel’s Many Integrated Core architecture (MIC, pronounced ‘Mike’) was a hot topic at this week’s Intel Software Conference, and I had a chance to find out how it works and how developers will be able to exploit it. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s an architecture that’s optimised for highly parallelised compute intensive workloads. [...]This week I have been in Istanbul as a guest of Intel, taking part in the Intel Software Conference (ISTEP), an exclusive event for invited resellers and press that brings them up to date on Intel’s strategy and product set. It’s been a great few days, with opportunities to put my questions to Intel’s experts [...]An article in the Guardian recently discussed the benefits of introducing coding into our school curriculum – as part of as wider revamp of the teaching of ICT or ‘computer science.’ At first, instinct suggests that this can only be a good thing. There are lots of clichés along the lines of ‘digital world’ and [...]