For Application Development & Program Management Professionals (Length: 16 pages)

February 21, 2008

The Multicore Programming Era Is Here

Vendor "Wake Up Call" On Performance Is Real; Here's What To Do

by James Staten, John R. Rymer

with Jeffrey S. Hammond, Benjamin Gray, Catherine Salzinger, Walid Saleh


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

The era of multicore computing is here, and application development teams must embrace new programming approaches to reap the full performance and economic benefits of the new hardware. The new "multicore programming" approach will combine multithreading and parallel/concurrent designs that allow simultaneous processing of threads and/or tasks by multiple cores. Concurrent computing is familiar to some app development professionals, but most have little or no experience with parallel computing. Application development professionals will need a strategy for adopting these new approaches, frameworks, and tools as they emerge, adapting the patterns and methods they use today, and evolving their application portfolios to ride the performance curve promised by Moore's Law in the multicore era.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemThe Performance "Free Ride" Is Over

itemMultithreading Alone Is Not Enough

itemApp Dev Managers Must Get In Front Of The Multicore Shift

itemStart With A Clear Position Of The Multicore Issue

item"Skilling up" for the Multicore Era

itemEvolving Your Application Portfolio

itemReassessing Your Vendors

recommendations

itemDevise a Strategy for Adopting Multicore Computing

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester interviewed four multicore hardware providers: AMD, IBM, Intel, and Sun Microsystems, three toolkit providers: Microsoft, RapidMind, and Rogue Wave, two ISVs: Adobe Systems and Business Objects, and 11 corporate application development shops.

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Analyst: James Staten, John R. Rymer
Technology: Application Development, Application Development Processes & Tools, Computer Architectures, IT Infrastructure & Operations
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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