Parallel Universe Magazine - Issue 6, March 2011

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Contents:

• Letter from the Editor: PBB, XE, Cambrian Explosion, and the Art of Computer Programming, by James Reinders
  James Reinders, lead evangelist and director of Intel® Software Development Products, discusses the challenge of choice when determining which products and programming models make sense for your programming needs.
   
• Parallelizing Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives Functions Using Intel® Cilk™ Plus and Intel® Threading Building Blocks, by Walter Shands
  The parallel models in Intel® Parallel Building Blocks easily integrate into existing applications, help preserve investments in existing code, and speed development of parallel applications.
   
• Intel® Array Building Blocks Code Tips, by Zhang Zhang
  Assist the runtime system in generating high-performance code and develop a sound understanding of the Intel® Array Building Blocks API to help avoid errors.
   
• Success Story Roundup
  Envivio, The Creative Assembly, and Altair share how they employed Intel® Software.