Author Archives: Kathy Farrel

About Kathy Farrel

Joe English is self-described technology geek and lover of all things digital. Joe follows consumer trends for Intel, specializing in emerging digital entertainment applications. Working in the computing industry since 1990, Joe has had the opportunity to watch computers grow up, witnessing the advent of everything from e-mail and the Internet to Web 2.0 and everything in between. As a writer for Intel’s consumer blog, Joe will be trying to find the coolest and most interesting new entertainment devices coming to market this year. Joe studied communications research at the University of Washington, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication 1992. He then did graduate work, studying emerging communications technology at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communication. He earned a Masters Degree in Communications Management in 1994. During his career he has worked for IBM, AST Research, Advanced Logic Research, Gateway Computer, and Mobility Electronics. He has been with Intel since 1999.

Learn about the new PC that can help take care of itself – the Intel® Small Business Advantage platform

Did you know that Small Business is the largest and fastest growing commercial segment in the PC market? Most small businesses do not have IT departments or tools to manage their computing assets. Intel saves the day with the Intel® Small Business Advantage platform. Introduced earlier this year, Intel® SBA helps small business owners concentrate on their day-to-day business [...] Read more >

The Last Show – Parallel Programming Talk #130 – Parallel Manifold with Jim Dempsey

It was sad when “Friends” ended, and who can forget the endings of “MASH” and “Jerry Seinfeld”? So it goes with ISN’s “Parallel Programming Talk” show.  Our last show was a fitting end to 130 radio and Web TV programs about all things Parallel. It wasn’t a “montage” or “retrospective” show but simply a great [...] Read more >

Intel® Concurrent Collections with Intel Scientist Kath Knobe – Parallel Programming Talk #129

Intel Labs Scientist Kath Knobe spent some time with Clay Breshears and Kathy Farrel on Parallel Programming Talk to talk about what’s new with Intel® Concurrent Collections, a programming language and software framework developed by Intel to express parallelism in applications.  Here is the video – at the bottom of this blog you will see topics discussed [...] Read more >

News from Dr. Fortran – Intel’s Steve Lionel Discusses Newly Released Fortran Studio XE 2011 – Parallel Programming Talk #128

Dr. Fortran (aka Intel’s Steve Lionel), who is a friend of this show, dropped in on Clay and Kathy to discuss what we think is good news – the release of Fortran Studio XE 2011. Below the video are some notes and links that I think you will find useful. http://software.intel.com/en-us/videos/channel/parallel-programming/parallel-programming-talk-128-steve-lionel/1247156004001 It’s time for Parallel [...] Read more >

Vector Fabrics Founder and CEO Paul Stravers Discusses and Demos vfEmbedded – PPT #127

It’s time for Parallel Programming Talk – this is show #127 Below are some script details including questions we asked Paul. News 1. The Guide for Developing Multithreaded Applications has been updated. Changes include: 1-8 – Using AVX Without Writing AVX Code – New 3-5 – Optimizing Applications for NUMA – New 4-4 – Using [...] Read more >

ParaSail – A New Programming Language – Parallel Programming Talk #120

  Welcome to another edition of Parallel Programming Talk. This is show #120.  Today’s guest is Tucker Taft from the Sofcheck Company – we’ll be talking with him shortly about a new programming language he has created.  But first, What is Clay Thinking About? An interesting discussion about human memory – based on the question [...] Read more >

Kathy Yelick, NERSC Director Talks about Petascale Computing – Parallel Programming Talk #119

It’s time for another episode of Parallel Programming Talk #119– Clay and I will be talking with  our guest NERSC Director Kathy Yelick in a few minutes. But first… What is Clay Thinking About? ·         Spelling and grammar checkers (watch the video to hear what Dr. Breshears had to say on the subject) Now for [...] Read more >

Discussing Intel’s OpenCL With Technical Lead Yariv Aridor – Parallel Programming Talk #117

Time for another episode of Parallel Programming Talk – This is show #117. We’ll be talking with Intel’s OpenCL Technical Lead Yariv Aridor What is Clay thinking about today? Voice Recognition Systems – Watch the video to hear what Clay had to say on the subject. The News The Virtual School of Computational Science and Engineering [...] Read more >

Listener Question Show on the Intel Manycore Testing Lab with Jeff Gallagher – Parallel Programming Talk #116

Clay hosted this show solo since Kathy was ill. Time for another episode of Parallel Programming Talk – This is show #116. We’ve got a Listener Question Show today and our guest is Jeff Gallagher. I’ll be talking with him in a few minutes. But first, the News The 24th International Workshop on Languages and [...] Read more >

Listener Question Show on the Intel Manycore Testing Lab with Jeff Gallagher – Parallel Programming Talk #116

Clay hosted this show solo since Kathy was ill. Time for another episode of Parallel Programming Talk – This is show #116. We’ve got a Listener Question Show today and our guest is Jeff Gallagher. I’ll be talking with him in a few minutes. But first, the News The 24th International Workshop on Languages and [...] Read more >

Baker’s Dozen of Technical Papers and Blogs Published on Parallel Programming Community

There has been a significant flurry of activity in the Parallel Programming Community. Lots of new reading material in the past two weeks alone, not to mention the Gold version of OpenCL has been released. Download the SDK. More assorted technical papers on OpenCL from Intel Engineer Arnon Peleg and others on his team: Intel® [...] Read more >

Dr. David Padua – "Ecyclopedia of Parallel Programming" Parallel Programming Talk 115

Time for another episode of Parallel Programming Talk – This is show #115. Dr. David Padua is here to discuss his new book.  News The 24th International Workshop on Languages and Compilers for Parallel Programming (LCPC) – will take placeColorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado on September 8-10, 2011 – Third Annual Workshop on Concurrent [...] Read more >

Discussion of "Using AVX Without Writing AVX" with Intel’s Rich Hubbard – Parallel Programming Talk Show 114

  Time for another episode of Parallel Programming Talk – This is show #114. Intel Software Engineer Rich Hubbard is here to talk about AVX.  What is Clay Thinking About? Segment Kathy: The International Supercomputing Conference was held this week and that is where the summer version of the Top500 list is revealed. Clay, have [...] Read more >

Problem 1 Threading Challenge Winners Announced

Exciting News! The Winners of Master and Apprentice Problem 1 of the Threading Challenge 2011 have been announced: Threading Challenge 2011 Winners Page. 16 Master-level participants and 28 Apprentice-level participants submitted their code entries for a total of 44 participants for problem 1.  See how the entries were judged for Master Problem – Masyu Puzzle and [...] Read more >

Problem 1 Threading Challenge Winners Announced

Exciting News! The Winners of Master and Apprentice Problem 1 of the Threading Challenge 2011 have been announced: Threading Challenge 2011 Winners Page. 16 Master-level participants and 28 Apprentice-level participants submitted their code entries for a total of 44 participants for problem 1.  See how the entries were judged for Master Problem – Masyu Puzzle and [...] Read more >

All about NUMA with Intel Sr. SW Engineer David Ott – Parallel Programming Talk Show #113

Welcome to Parallel Programming Talk Show #113 –Intel Senior Software Engineer David Ott is here to talk about NUMA and we will introduce him in a few minutes. Don’t forget – if you have comments, questions, suggestions send them to parallelprogrammingtalk@intel.com Here’s the news: First up = DON’T FORGET THE THREADING CHALLENGE! http://software.intel.com/en-us/contests/intel-threading-challenge-2011/contests.php New Problems [...] Read more >

ISN Parallel Programming Community’s Newest Black Belt – Dr. Nagaraja Shamsundar – Parallel Programming Talk #112

Clay and Kathy first discussed security issues iterated on this blog: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/cheap-gpus-are-rendering-strong-passwords-useless/13125?tag=nl.e539   Don’t forget – if you have comments, questions, suggestions send them to parallelprogrammingtalk@intel.com Welcome to Parallel Programming Talk Show #112 – we’ve got a very special guest – the latest ISN Parallel Programming Community Black Belt is here and we will introduce him [...] Read more >