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Intel is already two generations ahead of its competition in multi-core processor technology. The company has shipped three dimensional (3-D) Tri-Gate 22-nanometer chips since 2011, a feat that its competitors are still only promising. This week Intel is demonstrating those technologies put to work in mainstream tablets, smartphones and novel …

A lot of technologies — some image processing applications, scenery generators, and biology simulators, to name a few — use fractals as their core. Since fractal technology has been here since about 1975, it seemed high time to conjure some up within the Intel Parallel universe. I started this project …

  Tackling the complex topic of parallel programming for a high-performance machine such as the Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor might seem like a terrifying ordeal. But authors Jim Jeffers and James Reinders provide a logical, manageable, and real-world approach to the task. Parallel programming isn’t for the faint of heart. …

  The Xeon Phi coprocessor might not be inside every computer yet, but eventually it will be common.  Programming for parallel requires some new understanding and approaches. This week Jeff Cogswell gives you some introductory concepts on this game-changing coprocessor. Most of us don’t yet have a Xeon Phi coprocessor …

The Intel® MIC Architecture, a.k.a. the Intel® Xeon Phi™ coprocessor, is what some have called a super computer on a card. If you are going to go so far as to call it that, you might also call it a super computer on a chip since it is all on …

In computer science, a technique called “lazy initialization” refers to the process of waiting to initialize objects until they are actually needed. The general idea is that if an object ends up not being used, there’s no reason to waste time and resources initializing it. Instead, it’s initialized when actually …

With Intel constantly innovating and releasing new tools to help parallel and other developers work more efficiently and effectively, it can be a challenge to keep up.   We at Go Parallel like this interactive chart because it neatly lays out your range of choices and components for Intel® Parallel Studio …