In scatter-gather, a typical parallel-programming pattern, data is distributed for processing. Then the results are gathered together, often with additional processing, to combine the results.

From the Intel Software Network, we find news that Berkeley’s ParLab has hosted a workshop focused on writing design patterns for parallel computing Ok, so…why is this interesting? Consider: the ...

Programming languages are evolving to bring the software closer to hardware. As hardware architectures become more parallel (with the advent of multicore processors and FPGAs, for example ...