Microsoft: Multicore chips changing PC software design
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Multicore processors are solidly mainstream these days, with five upcoming multicore designs showcased by their creators on the first day of the Fall Processor Forum. But many software developers are ill-prepared for this era, according to a Microsoft executive.
"I come from the world of software, and we need to talk," said Herb Sutter, a software architect with Microsoft, in his opening remarks to a hardware-heavy audience Wednesday at In-Stat/MDR's Fall Processor Forum. The software development community recognizes that processor makers have been forced into multicore designs in order to deal with the heat problems caused by fast chips, but the community isn't sure that hardware designers understand just how much work they've created for the software industry, he said.