In the first part of this article I described how you can “have your cake and eat it too” with respect to programmable use of Hyper Threading or no Hyper Threading through use of thread team selection attributes on the parallel_for construct in the QuickThread® programming tool kit. In this part I will describe the [...] Read more
This English idiomatic proverb or figure of speech dating back to 1546 is used to describe situations where “you can’t have it both ways.” Considering that this blog is posted on a website which, barring a few exceptions, has a preponderance of content relating to programming and computers. So where does this idiomatic proverb fit [...] Read more
So, I’ll confess, I’ve always liked the presentation style of Mooly Eden, our Corporate Vice President & General Manager of our PC Client Group – I have always found it to be very honest & straight forward. Personally, I’ve always … Continue reading → Read more
The Dynamic Resolution Rendering sample, first shown at the Games Developers Conference 2011 in San Francisco, has now gone live in time for games developers attending my Develop UK 2011 talk to check it out. This sample demonstrates a technique for balancing rendering quality and performance through altering the resolution at runtime. Download the sample [...] Read more
I’ll be speaking about Dynamic Resolution Rendering at the Develop Conference in Brighton, UK. If you’re able to come, the talk will be at 16:00 on Thursday. I’ll be giving a live demo of the technique during the talk, which always adds an element of fun if only because of the inevitable risks involved! For [...] Read more
I’ll be speaking about Dynamic Resolution Rendering at the Develop Conference in Brighton, UK. If you’re able to come, the talk will be at 16:00 on Thursday. I’ll be giving a live demo of the technique during the talk, which always adds an element of fun if only because of the inevitable risks involved! For [...] Read more
New Intel(R) Microarchitecture Codename Sandy Bridge support and tuning guide! We’ve been listening to your feedback on software tuning. Specifically, we’ve been working to make it even easier for developers to analyze software performance on Intel® Microarchitecture Codename Sandy Bridge. So now I’m really excited to tell you about the new Sandy Bridge: General Exploration [...] Read more
