As attributed to Freud, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. When it comes to the future of data as explored by Intel Futurist Brian David Johnson, and Intel General Manager Compute Continuum Peter Biddle, sometimes a fire hydrant signifies more than a fire hydrant. CES 2012 is over, the major news stories filed (see [...] Continue reading →

The id Software company possesses a PVS-Studio license. However, we decided to test the source codes of Doom 3 that have been recently laid out on the Internet. The result is the following: we managed to find just few errors, but still they are there. I think it can be explained by the following fact. [...] Continue reading →

While communicating with people on forums, I noticed there are a few lasting misconceptions concerning the static analysis methodology. I decided to write a series of brief articles where I want to show you the real state of things. The third myth is: “Dynamic analysis performed by tools like valgrind for C/C++ is much better [...] Continue reading →

The Intel company holds a lot of specialist training programs, carries out programming contests, invites people to meetings and free conferences. Unfortunately, we often miss such events, and one gets upset on knowing that he/she did not participate in an already finished event. By the way, participating in Intel contests often ends with a participant [...] Continue reading →

Developers are urged to find these kinds of bugs using tools such as Intel Static Security Analysis, and then make it a practice to validate all inputs and replace unsafe functions (strcpy, strncpy, strcat, and gets, among others) with safe counterparts. To learn more about steps you can take as a developer to reduce your exposure to security attacks go to the Department of Homeland Security’s Build Security In website or visit the Common Weakness Evaluation site. Continue reading →

Bob Duffy & Gunjan Rawal host this extra-long episode of the AppUp show and cover some of the cool technologies, demos and announcements from Intel while at CES 2012. In this on location episode you will get a CES keynote wrap-up, overview of Ultrab… Continue reading →

Coarse-grained locks, and the importance of transactions, are key concepts that motivate why Intel Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX) is useful.  I’ll do my best to explain them in this blog. In my blog “Transactional Synchronization in Haswell,” I describe new instructions (Intel TSX) that will improve the performance of coarse-grained locks.  Understanding coarse-grained locks and [...] Continue reading →

We have released details of Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX) for the future multicore processor code-named “Haswell”. The updated specification (Intel® Architecture Instruction Set Extensions Programming Reference) can be downloaded. In this blog, I’ll introduce Intel TSX and provide a little background. Please refer to The Transactional Synchronization Extensions Chapter (Chapter 8) in the manual [...] Continue reading →

“Count to ten before responding to a tough question” — we all know this rule from our early years. It means – do not respond quickly to anything which emotionally touches you. Take a pause to let your emotions calm … Continue reading → Continue reading →

How do you keep in touch with old high school friends when you all live in different places and are doing a million different things? My friends and I have started using group video chats to reconnect and give virtual tours of our new lives. Continue reading →

Have we already hit the maximum number of cores that can be put in our processors? Or have the needs of the user and developer communities been served at sixteen cores? Continue reading →

Recently while walking in a parking lot with my brother, he stopped to observe the adhesive material of a stop sign.  He spent several minutes observing this stop sign as if it were a piece of art.  He detailed the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m developing a test application that is helping me to understand much better the new possibilities of HTML5. I have been using maps, queries and quite a lot of CSS to make it more pleasant. I will write about them later, but for now I would like to… Continue reading →

will.i.am is armed with an super thin, sleek, easy to travel with Ultrabook™ and he’s getting around the world. He started off in Tokyo, went on to Las Vegas for CES and last week was in Mexico City as part of the Ultrabook™ project tour. A tour that has him taking in the sounds and [...] Continue reading →

What’s it like to be an Intel Executive jet setting from one place to another? Intel General Manager Michelle Tinsley give you a peek into the amazing week she had at both CES 2012 & NRF 2012… Continue reading → Continue reading →

Think you’ve got what it takes to code an Intel AppUp app in 30 hours? For those that are up to the challenge, check out the AngelHack 2 hackathon happening in San Francisco and Boston, March 3-5, 2012. read more

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Draft of Speech for United Nations Rio + 20 Pre-Conference Stanford University Campus, 2/3/2012 By Eric Dishman I am very honored to be here today on behalf of Intel Corporation and our joint venture with GE, Care Innovations, to help … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Every year, Intel honors U.S. schools that implement innovative, replicable programs that inspire their students and lead to a positive educational outcomes in the areas of math and science. If you know a school who demonstrates excellence in these areas … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Intel partnered with PopTent Media to bring three Los Angeles-based film-makers to CES this year with one challenge in mind: capture and film a unique story about the benefits of Ultrabook devices. They were armed only with background on Ultrabook devices and an ASUS UX31 Ultrabook. Then they were given 5 days to independently develop [...] Continue reading →