Multicore chips are here to stay. Now what?
That question is echoing up and down the ranks of tools vendors, design engineers, software developers and even among people who measure the performance and efficiency of semiconductors. There is now a Multicore Expo and a Multicore Association that includes a who’s who of electronics. And there are lots of working groups developing different strategies to tackle this Hydra-like creature that has befuddled the best software minds in the world for four decades.