Intel started the pilot program for multicore programming at five of China's top universities, including Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University and Fudan University. As part of the expansion, Intel ...

According to Intel, the products feature new automatic support for accelerating program performance on the company's multicore processors. Applications containing 3-D graphics or video are ...

Adding more cores is desirable to meet growing computing demands, but it could create more challenges for programmers writing code that enables applications to work effectively with multicore chips.

Intel has filed a patent for an interesting technique that would enable multiple cores to pair up via software management.

Intel files a patent for software designed Super Cores, which are smaller cores working together as a bigger Super Core, ...

Intel has acquired software company RapidMind in an effort to push development of programs that can exploit the power of Intel's multicore processors, the company said Friday.

Bringing new programming and debugging support to its latest multicore processors, Intel Corp. has announced new versions of its Thread Checker, Thread Profiler, VTune Performance Analyzer, and ...

Intel readies massive multicore processors Researchers work to mask intricate functionality of up-to-80-core chips, so hardware and software makers can more easily adapt to them.

The lack of multicore programming tools for mainstream developers is perhaps the biggest challenge the industry faces today, Gwennap said.

Adding more cores is desirable to meet growing computing demands, but it could create more challenges for programmers writing code that enables applications to work effectively with multicore chips.

As technology develops at a fast rate, a challenge for developers is to adapt to programming for multicore systems, said Doug Davis, vice president of the digital enterprise group at Intel, during ...