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designing for multiple cores

Posted in software, virtual by spacer on the November 29th, 2007

Title: Software and the concurrency revolution:  designing for multiple cores

Date: Monday, December 3, 2007

Time: 8:00 AM-11:00 AM PT/11:00 AM-2:00 PM ET

Location: Dr Dobbs Island, Second Life (Adjourning later to Intel Software Network island)

SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dr%20Dobbs%20Island/251/122/25

Centerpiece of this half-day event will be a virtual Town Hall, hosted by Dr. Dobb’s Editorial Director Jonathan Erickson, featuring Herb Sutter (Architect, Microsoft, and chair of the ISO C++ Standards committee) and James Reinders (Chief Evangelist and Threading Guru for Intel Software Products) on key issues and requirements for achieving the promise of parallelization. Preceding the Town Hall, Tim Mattson (Intel Principal Engineer, Designer of the 80 Core test chip parallel application and one of the creators of Open MP) will give a brief introduction on how Intel is managing the transition to a multi-core world. All experts will be available for Q&A, and look forward to answering your questions. Tours of Intel’s islands will follow the presentations.

Please note: REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT. Direct recipients of this notice are already registered and need do nothing further. Please arrive on Dr Dobbs Island at the appointed time, using the avatar name with which you registered. IF YOU FORWARD THIS LETTER, please advise recipients to register at: http://www.life20.net/intel1reg.php

 

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