This article implements a Mandelbrot renderer that is multiple times faster than a CPU-only implementation by using a new Microsoft technology called C++ AMP: Accelerated Massive Parallelism, introduced in the Visual C++ 11 Preview.
The article gives an example of false-sharing in multi-threading programming using C++0x std::thread.
An unsuccessful attempt to compare PVS-Studio (VivaMP) and Intel C/C++ ("Parallel Lint")
Understand from this guide how and when - as well as when not - to use multithreading.
Visual C++ 2010 includes a number of new features for preventing data inconsistencies due to simultaneous updates of memory locations - a key challenge in parallel development.
Visual C++ 10.0's new Parallel Pattern Library supplies methods to execute multiple processing tasks, across available processing resources, eliminating the headache of manually allocating task execution.
Quirky and yet persistent, C++ is a language that keeps programmers coming back to it. Pick up some new ways to wrangle it into your workflow.
Learn how to search for keywords in a command line app on Flickr.
See how easy it can be to implement Role-based Security in your Visual Basic applications.
As a web developer you should be aware of a few security best practices while developing your ASP.NET web application. Arun Karthick lists his top 7 tips to help you keep your ASP.NET security intact.
