I was briefly at the Multicore Expo last week and there was some talk about programming effectively for multicore chipsets. However most of the vendors exhibiting seemed to shrug it off as a non-issue. Their explanation being that their OS or platform would handle the scheduling processes and utilization of cores from existing software as-is [...]
Global Services and neoIT, through their Global Services 100 Study, recently announced the top outsourced product development service providers for 2009. Symphony Services was named the Best Performer.
The full report is available at http://www.globalservicesmedia.com/Content/general200903036094.asp.
Have you worked with any of these firms? What is your experience and recommendations when it comes to outsourcing product development [...]
One of my domain focus areas from an engineering services perspective is auto infotainment and telematics technologies. Recently, I came across an interesting article on IEEE Spectrum Online titled This Car Runs on Code. It gives a very good perspective on the amount of software and complexities associated with engineering today’s leading cars.
It takes dozens [...]