Efficient coding has been an important subject for years especially for resource constrained systems running real-time applications. Most people take compiler optimizations for granted and do not ...

When I started college, design of the Intel 4004 was underway. The C programming language and UNIX operating system were being developed (unbeknownst to me). I did most of my programming in BASIC on ...

Structures (or “structs” in C) allow you to group several related variables and treat them as one unit. They are a mechanism for extending the type system of the C language by introducing user-defined ...

Describe the computing and memory architecture of a supercomputing node or cloud computing instance Utilize compiler and libraries to increase the performance of your program Understand how to utilize ...

Want to scare the life out of a programmer friend? Just utter the words "multi-threading" into their ear - it works every time! Alright - that's a bit of an exaggeration, but writing multi-threaded ...

As vehicle architectures evolve toward centralized and software-defined systems, automotive developers require flexible toolchains that support heterogeneous hardware platforms, modern programming ...

Computer hardware and software are getting ever more complex, but programmers aren’t getting smarter, and there aren’t enough of them. Better compilers may brighten this gloomy scenario in coming ...