Professional Multicore Programming: Design & Implementation For C++ Developers

Description

Professional Multicore Programming: Design and Implementation for C++ Developers presents the basics of multicore programming in a simple, easy-to-understand manner so that you can easily apply the concepts to your everyday projects. Learn the fundamentals of programming for multiprocessor and multithreaded architecture, progress to multi-core programming and eventually become comfortable with programming techniques that otherwise can be difficult to understand. Anticipate the pitfalls and traps of concurrency programming and synchronization before you encounter them yourself by finding them outlined in this indispensable guide to multicore programming.

CONTENTS:

Introduction.

  
Chapter 1: The New Architecture.

  
Chapter 2: Four Effective Multicore Designs.

  
Chapter 3: The Challenges of Multicore Programming.

  
Chapter 4: The Operating System’s Role.

  
Chapter 5: Processes, C++ Interface Classes, and Predicates.

  
Chapter 6: Multithreading.

  
Chapter 7: Communication and Synchronization of Concurrent Tasks.

  
Chapter 8: PADL and PBS: Approaches to Application Design.

  
Chapter 9: Modeling Software Systems That Require Concurrency.

  
Chapter 10: Testing and Logical Fault Tolerance for Parallel Programs.

  
Appendix A: UML for Concurrent Design.

  
Appendix B: Concurrency Models.

  
Appendix C: POSIX Standard for Thread Management.

  
Appendix D: POSIX Standard for Process Managemnet.

  
Bibliography.

  
Index.