Archive for May 2008
Concurrency does not necessarily imply Parallel
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 8:20 PM by Malcolm
Douglas Eadline from Linux Magazine reviews Parallel fundamentals, what constitutes an actual parallel program, and why some applications may or may not run faster on multi-core systems.From the article:
"if there is one thing to take away from this column, it is the following set of three rules:
- Concurrency is a property of the program
- Concurrency does not necessarily imply parallel execution
- Efficient parallel execution of concurrent programs is a property of the hardware"
Microsoft WorldWide Telescope Beta
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 12:29 AM by Malcolm
Microsoft has released the first free public beta of its WorldWide Telescope, the company's new stargazing application. WorldWide Telescope offers high-res images of the night sky from sources like the Hubble Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center and more.
Posted in General (RSS), Science (RSS)
How a pair of American spies created the Soviet Silicon Valley - Part II
Posted on Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 3:50 PM by Malcolm
Episode 16 of Semi-Coherent Computing comtinues with the second part of the tale of two Americans who became spies for the Soviets and then helped created the Soviet version of Silicon Valley.The podcast for the two parts are available here: Part I, Part II.
May 1, 1964: First Basic Program Runs
Posted on Friday, May 02, 2008 at 1:27 AM by Malcolm
From the article: 1964: In the predawn hours of May Day, two professors at Dartmouth College run the first program in their new language, Basic.Computer programming languages and facial hair
Posted on Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 12:07 AM by Malcolm
The rise and fall of computer programming languages depend very much on the amount of facial hairs their inventors have according to this article.Edited on: Friday, July 18, 2008 1:59 PM
