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")
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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.
Learn to implement exception handling mechanism in C++.
Still postponing the upgrade to VS 2017? Here's some information that can help you decide whether to plunge ahead or wait longer.
Learn about some of Visual Studio's newer tools to make your coding and debugging a bit more productive.
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