Tweet Back in the 80′s, after school and a hour before work I would hit the arcades. There’s something about vector graphics, the sounds of beeps, explosions, 8 bit sound tracks and smacking arcade buttons for 45 minutes straight that is a fond memory for me. The good news for us retro arcade game fans is there are a lot of new games that are loosely based on the classics. And what’s also cool is most of these are either designed for, or play well on a netbook. It also seems AppUp has become a hot spot for retro style games, so I could not resist providing my list of my 12 favorite retro style games available on Intel’s AppUp Center store. Many of these can be owned for the price a few hours at the arcade. And if you want to play the classics, I also list a few of my classic arcade favorites available in the store. Download the AppUp Center client to get access to these cool games read more
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12 Best Retro Style Games for the Netbook on AppUp, Plus 10 Classics
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Comments OffTaking Notes at SC10 New Orleans – November 14 – 17: Share your thoughts with us.
I’ll be joining many developers, programmers, IT professionals, and Academics at SC10 (Supercomputing) Event in New Orleans from November 13 – 19, 2010. I’m going to be taking notes and sharing my observations with the Parallel Programming Community and the Intel Software Partner Program from November 14 through 17 as I attend the keynote, seminars, the exhibits and meet people. As I share my SC10 notes, I invite you to comment and share your thoughts whether you are attending this event or just reading my notes. Stay tuned for more. Jeff Kataoka
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Welcome to another episode of Visualize this! the show where we talk about game development. My guest is Allen Hux an Intel Graphics engineer and one of the authors of Game Programming Gems 8th edition. This is the one of the interview in a series I am running speaking with some of the authors of this book about their areas of expertise and their experience with contributing to this book. Download Link – High Quality MP4 Video File (Large) Community News: News : –We have version 2.0 of Media SDK releasing next week. Check for announcement at here — If you missed the live telecast of the last 2 Visualize this interviews, here are the on demand versions Modular AI in Games and Informing the QA process –New Content Intel Graphics Performance Analyzers for mobile game development Questions: 1. Tell us about your role and how you decided to contribute to GPG 2. Your chapter focuses on identifying rendering and non rendering tasks for maximum performance, can you elaborate on why this is important? 3. What are Irregular Z-Buffer Shadows? 4. With processor graphics on the horizon, what mechanisms do you suggest to make the best use of the compute power available to us? How is this different from programming on many core platforms? Are there tools that help? I am always looking for community feedback and questions. You can email them to visualizethis@intel.com or provide on twiter @artigupta You can watch Visualize This! live alternate Tuesdays at noon Pacific on Intel Software Network TV, our new 24/7 interactive video channel. Come chat with us, or browse the On Demand section to see past episodes of our shows.
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For me fall is all about change. It’s the change you can’t miss as we go from the warm and lazy days of summer to the crisp cool mornings of fall. It’s also a changing season here at Intel as we look at ways to further evolve the Intel® Software Partner Program and the Intel® Software Network – a key component to our strategic plans for 2011. Both programs have been around for several years and have been very successful in building relationships with software companies and software developers respectively worldwide. But lately, it appears that the line between developer and software companies is blurring, as well as the line between business and technical needs within the software community. So we are looking at how we can bring these two programs closer together as well as provide greater value to the broad software community, which we so eloquently describe as “anyone who writes or cares about software code”. So in my first blog ever (on any topic) I want to ask you all a few questions. We have been experimenting with some new offerings like online-networking and digital content distribution but on a fairly small scale. We have also “talked” with many of you via focus groups and surveys, but there is something to be said about more “free flow” discussions. So here is what I’d really like to better understand to kick off this on-going discussion: •What do you really value from ISN and the Software partner Program? In other words what do you use regularly and just can’t live without? •What would you really value getting from Intel either as a technical offering or as a business offering or something in between? Oh, and also I would love to get some suggestion on how we should collectively refer to the broad group of people who create and bring to market products and services that are based on software. Clearly “anyone who writes or cares about software code” does not roll off the tongue! I’m looking forward to a lively discussion on where we should go with Intel® Software Partner Program and the Intel® Software Network in 2011.
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Today, we have published the specification for the language and the runtime ABI for Intel ® Cilk™ Plus on cilk.com . This is an important step as we encourage adoption of these important capabilities in all compilers. We are in early stages of discussions with others on how to best do this, and all agree that publishing a specification is a very important next step for the success of Cilk Plus. We know that promoting a specification without an implementation would be a poor way to promote a language. Having an implementation that allows serious evaluation is a must. That is why we chose the order we did: implementation first, followed shortly by a specification. We have full support for Cilk Plus in Intel’s released compilers on Windows and Linux. These compilers and specifications build upon people, expertise and technology acquired from Cilk Arts last year. In a little more than a year, we went from acquisition to products, public specifications and early customer usage. Together these help program for multicore processors now and better prepare for a many-core processor future. Evaluation copies of these compilers are available on intel.com/software/products . The feedback and reception for Cilk Plus has already been very encouraging. An introduction, including sample code, is available separately, also at cilk.com . I recommend starting with the evaluator’s guide for Cilk Plus to take Cilk Plus for a spin! C and C++ were not designed as parallel programming languages. TBB solved this, quickly becoming the most popular solution. Cilk Plus complements TBB to address two important things which TBB did not: involving the compiler and direct mechanisms for data parallelism. You might enjoy reading “ What Cilk™ Plus solves for C and C++ programmers ” if you are interested in a little more history (Cilk Plus started in M.I.T. in the 1990s, spun out into the company Cilk Arts, and joined Intel in 2009) and motivation behind Cilk Plus. We are committed to shepherding Cilk Plus to the industry-wide usefulness through broad adoption and porting as we’ve seen through in our participation with OpenMP and with TBB . We look forward to the feedback and community involvement that will make that possible. I hope you take Cilk Plus for a spin and drop me a note with your feedback. James Reinders Intel *OpenMP is a trademark of the OpenMP Architecture Review Board . *Cilk is a trademark of Intel Corporation. We plan to make it available for use by compilers that implement the Cilk Plus specification.
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Of course by that I mean that moving forward with developing applications for Intel® Active Management Technology you should no longer be including Simple Object Access Protocol as a basis for your software implementation. Instead, you should use the WS-MAN interface that is provided in the Intel AMT Software Development Kit . A little history and the reason why we must talk about this is simple. Years ago, I wrote a blog warning the world of the imminent end to the relationship between Intel® AMT and SOAP. Of course, I was vague on when this would actually happen. Well the light is now at the end of the tunnel and the train is coming in very fast. So with this blog, I would like to provide some coaching on how to handle your Intel AMT development moving forward: (Note: Starting with Intel AMT Release 3.2, the WS-Management API is used to manage all Intel AMT features. The deprecated SOAP API should not be used in new applications, as it does not support newer Intel AMT capabilities.) Scenario 1: “We have been writing Management Console Applications for Intel AMT for many years and we have never used the WS-Man interface. We are all about SOAP, baby.” Advice: You may notice that in the SDK, it is becoming more and more difficult to find the documentation pertaining to the SOAP APIs. Many of the APIs have been deprecated (the API is no longer accessible, but the firmware still supports it) and many APIs have been obsoleted (meaning, no more API; firmware no longer supports it.) You may also have noticed that APIs for the new features being released are no longer offered via the SOAP interface. Over time, as new Intel AMT platforms are released, you may find that your code no longer works due to the obsoleted SOAP APIs. You will want to start moving your code over to support the WS-Man interface in order to keep your application working over time and new Intel AMT releases. Scenario 2: “We are brand new to Intel AMT and we just use WS-Man – no SOAP for us. Advice: This is good too, however, you may run into a situation where someone wants to run your software on a pre-AMT 3.2 platform and your software will not work (because of the SOAP requirement for older platforms.) In this case, you would continue writing your software using the WS-Man interface but you will want to run it against the WS-Man Translator when it must run on those older systems. This tool will convert your WS-Man code back to SOAP for use with those older platforms. You may want to take a look at Ajith’s Blog which describes the translator in more detail. Scenario 3: “We just started writing software supporting Intel AMT. Code for older (pre-AMT 3.2) platforms is written using the SOAP APIs but all newer development was shifted over to the WS-Man interface.” Advice: This is great – your app will not require many changes! Platforms older than Intel AMT 3.2 do not use the WS-Man interface so using the SOAP interface for them is OK. Well I hope that ending your relationship with SOAP doesn’t stink too badly. Let us know if you have any further questions regarding this topic.
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As I mentioned recently , The Linux Foundation has announced the launch of its Open Compliance Program , a set of training aids and tools designed to make it easier for companies to comply with open source licensing requirements. The program is backed by big-name enterprise and mobile computing companies like Adobe, IBM, Intel, and Cisco Systems, along with support from the Software Freedom Law Center and its legal eagle Eben Moglen. Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of the Linux Foundation says the toolkit’s best practices guidebooks and training resources can potentially save companies lots of money, time, and headaches. As a fantastic side benefit, Zemlin says the program “will help spread the use of open source software as it will eliminate the very few [non-compliance] legal cases and most importantly the FUD around legal compliance that some vendors like to spread.” Amanda McPherson, the Foundation’s vice president of marketing and developer programs says the program is quickly gaining traction since its August launch. “We’ve had a very positive response to the program. People are seeking information and support through our free white papers, and our training sessions both in the US and internationally. We’ve also been connecting developers and companies through the rapid alert system . We feel good that people are making use of the resources and reaching out to us for more help.” According to McPherson, feedback from businesses about the program has been quite positive. “Companies tell us the free resources and ability to connect with the right people inside other companies is a huge help [since it] reduces both time and money.” The Foundation plans to continually add more tools and services to the program, including a newly-released checklist that businesses can use as a self-administered test to evaluate their compliance relative to top-tier best compliance practices. “We expect the checklist to be a real star of the program,” notes McPherson, “and are looking forward to working with companies on that and offering more training and consulting as needed.” Head over to the Linux Foundation’s website get started using the tools and training materials the Open Compliance Program has to offer. Of course, nothing takes the place of legal counsel when it comes to identifying potential issues and pitfalls of open source compliance, but the Foundation has done a great job of putting together a toolkit of best practices that companies can use to get started in the right direction.
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It’s becoming a fact that creating efficient and responsive software that takes advantage of multi-core hardware designs requires writing parallel applications or adding parallelism to existing code. I usually find that while adding parallelism to my code is the same as any other source code modification, the considerations and ramifications are very different. Having a clear understanding of the concepts required for successful parallel programming is something I have focused on and that I feel will be valuable as hardware core counts increase. However, because this topic has recently come to the mainstream, many developers don’t have a strong background in parallel programming. It’s my opinion that a working knowledge of the parallel programming basics is one of the most important, and most elusive, skill sets for modern developers. Spending a little time to get up-to-speed with these concepts can be extremely beneficial. When there isn’t always a classroom or introductory textbook available, this is a situation where Intel® Parallel Advisor can be very useful. Parallel Advisor tutorials, samples, and documentation can be used as interactive teaching aids; they have proven useful to both novice and intermediate parallel programmers. Advisor helps explain the basics of parallel programming such as programming for performance, scalability, and correctness. I, for one, have filled numerous gaps in my parallelism knowledge by experimenting with Advisor. So even if you have an application that you would like to parallelize, or you just want to learn about one of the fastest growing trends in software development, I recommend that you download a full-featured evaluation copy of Advisor and work through some of the samples. You will get an introduction to parallel programming concepts, add valuable information to your knowledge repository, and you may even discover some new development possibilities that you had never considered. Once you have tried Advisor, please let me know what you think. Did you learn something new about parallelism? How was Advisor as an instructional tool? As always, if you need any help with Advisor or parallel programming please join the discussion on our community forums .
Posted in Software Tools Tags: advisor, code, get-up-to-speed, intel, intel parallel studio, new-development, opinion, parallel programming, parallelism, Software Tools, takes-advantage Comments OffAttention Security Seekers, Cloud Computing Crazies and Manageability Minded Developers!
It is not too late to watch the leaves turn in Santa Clara, California at the Manageability Developers Conference ! After you spent a day grounding yourself in basic concepts of the Common Information Model (CIM) and Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) technologies you can listen to some of Intel’s best and brightest in the area of cloud technologies. Checkout the line up for Track 2 Cloud : Wed, Nov 17 th 10: 40 -11:30 AM Charlton Barreto will present “ Managing Trust and Security in the Cloud with Trusted Execution, Secure Management and Dynamic Policy Enforcement ” a detailed look at leveraging platform hardware and virtualization management technologies to seamlessly and securely move VMs. 11:40-12:30 PM Rekha Raghu and Hemma Prafullchandra , CTO from Hytrust will discuss “ Accelerating the transformation to Cloud ” where they will tackle the practical elements, challenges and techniques to build a cloud infrastructure . Thu, Nov 18 th 10: 40 -11:30 AM Billy Cox’s topic, “ Building a secure and power efficient cloud ”, is a presentation of what to do after a cloud is built : trusted compute and storage, power policies. 11:40-12:30 PM Blake Dournaee steps in for Kevin Jones to lead a discussion on “ Split Point – the superglue between enterprise and cloud services ” where he’ll present Intel’s cloud security management product which addresses well-known security and manageability challenges. And to sweeten the deal… meet your Manageability and Security Community Manager, Jeff Rott ! He wants to give you stuff. Register now at: http://www.mandevcon.com/2010/registration.html and respond to this blog so we know to expect you. If you are in the process of doing Security and Manageability development, use the resources available at our forums to ask questions. Intel Engineers are standing by to answer your questions (usually within hours)!
Posted in Software Tools Tags: blake-dournaee, Common, dynamic-policy, intel, manager, power-efficient, prafullchandra, questions, Security, transformation Comments OffASUS Eee PC 1015T now on sale, complete with AMD V105 CPU
So, the mystery’s solved. If you’ll recall, we spotted ASUS’ Eee PC 1015T sittin’ pretty at Computex , but considering that the OS was wiped by the time we got to it, we were left to take the placard’s word for it when it came to specifications. Now, B&H has begun to offer this bad boy here in the States, with $349.99 nabbing you a 1.2GHz AMD V105 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 250GB (5400RPM) hard drive, ATI’s Mobility Radeon HD 4250, a 10.1-inch LED-backlit panel, inbuilt webcam, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, a 32-bit copy of Windows 7 Starter and a six-cell battery. All told, it rings up at 2.8 pounds and should last anywhere between three and six hours on a full charge, but we’re guessing real-world performance will swing towards the former. It’s available right now in blue, black and white, and if you’re looking for a way to stick it to Intel’s sluggish Atom line, here it is. ASUS Eee PC 1015T now on sale, complete with AMD V105 CPU originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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