Researchers at two U.S. universities have answered the age-old question of how to use burnt pancakes and E. coli to create more-efficient sorting algorithms. The researchers’ study was conducted by ...

The mammalian retina — the first component of the visual system — not only transduces light signals into neuronal representations, but also acts as a filter that transfers specific aspects of images ...

In the ever-expanding realm of data processing and analytics, two heavyweight contenders − massively parallel processing (MPP) and big data − have been vying for dominance. Each brings its own set of ...

Multi-core processors theoretically can run many threads of code in parallel, but some categories of operation currently bog down attempts to raise overall performance by parallelizing computing. Is ...

Many hands make light work, or so they say. So do many cores, many threads and many data points when addressed by a single computing instruction. Parallel programming – writing code that breaks down ...

Teradata is a connected multicloud data platform with a highly scalable relational database management system suitable for data warehousing purposes. The Teradata system is based on various symmetric ...

Those UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) AppleSeed computer guys are at it again. According to their online info, they’re up to a cluster of 25 Macs, including G4’s, and have even published ...

One particular frustration with the UNIX shell is the inability to easily schedule multiple, concurrent tasks that fully utilize CPU cores presented on modern systems. The example of focus in this ...