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Thread Diagnostics: Performance Tuning with the Concurrency Visualizer in Visual Studio 2010
This article presents an overview of the features of the Concurrency Visualizer in Visual Studio 2010, along with some practical usage guidance.

Updated .NET Parallel Programming Samples
The Code Gallery samples for parallel programming with the .NET Framework 4 have been updated to include new applications as well as Visual Basic vers... more

Patterns for Parallel Programming: Understanding and Applying Parallel Patterns with the .NET Framework 4
Stephen Toub delivers an in-depth tour of common parallel patterns and how they can be implemented using the .NET Framework 4.

Visual Studio 2010 Parallel Computing Features Tour
Visual Studio 2010 includes new APIs and tools for developers building applications (both managed and native) that take advantage of multiple cores. T... more

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Team Blogs

DirectCompute Lectures
Previously I shared resources to get you started with DirectCompute, for taking advantage of GPGPUs in an a way that doesn't tie you to a hardware vendor (e.g. nvidia, amd). I j... more
Monday, Aug 30 by Daniel Moth

Concurrency Visualizer as a Microscope for Execution Dynamics
This is the picture that Concurrency Visualizer team used on the title page of internal specs. It actually reveals how most of us think about our product: not as a profiler (though... more
Tuesday, Aug 24 by Sasha Dadiomov

"C# 4.0 in a Nutshell" parallel programming content
Joe Albahari, author of "C# 4.0 in a Nutshell", has just published on his Web site the material from his book covering Parallel Extensions. You can find his extensive article... more
Thursday, Aug 12 by toub

FAQ :: TaskScheduler.UnobservedTaskException event doesn’t work?
Recall that if exceptions thrown from Task bodies are left unobserved, they will be escalated. In .NET 4, this means that TPL will throw them on the finalizer after the Task... more
Friday, Aug 6 by dashih

Channel 9 Videos

Stephen Toub - Implementing Parallel Patterns using .NET 4
Stephen Toub presents on implementing parallel patterns... more
Friday, Aug 20 by Stephen Toub

Northeast Roadshow: Parallel Programming with .NET 4
This screencast with Chris Bowen is an overview of writ... more
Thursday, Jul 1 by Chris Bowen

DryadLINQ
In this demo we showcase efforts in MSR to collaborate... more
Thursday, May 6 by TechFest

Intervju med Tiberiu Covaci
Vad har tillagning av en gulaschsoppa för gemensamt med... more
Wednesday, Mar 24 by Dag König

MSDN Live Meeting - Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Update
With Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0, we are taking a h... more
Tuesday, Mar 23 by Anthony de Bruyn

Code Gallery Samples

Code Samples for the Concurrency Runtime and Parallel Pattern Library
Visual Studio 2010 includes libraries and tools to help... more
Tuesday, Nov 10 by Stephen Toub

Samples for Parallel Programming with the .NET Framework 4
The .NET Framework 4 includes significant advancements... more
Tuesday, Nov 10 by Stephen Toub

Samples for Visualizing Parallel Code
This Code Gallery sample includes resources and example... more
Thursday, Dec 17 by James Rapp

Industry News

MathWorks launches Release 2010b of MATLAB and Simulink products - TMCnet
Other MATLAB family highlights in R2010b include: paral... more
Monday, Sep 6

AppFolio Stakes Out Territory in Field of Property Management Software - Noozhawk
highly parallel computing environments. Schauser receiv... more
Monday, Sep 6

MathWorks Announces Release 2010B of the MATLAB and Simulink Product Families - PR Inside
Parallel Computing Toolbox: : GPU support of CUDA-enabl... more
Friday, Sep 3

Intel Rolls Out Parallel Computing Tools - eWeek Europe
Intel has announced a new version of its tool set for d... more
Friday, Sep 3

Swedish Research Institute to Upgrade Cray Supercomputer - HPCwire
... also takes part in major international projects to... more
Tuesday, Aug 31

Featured Library Content

Scheduler Instances
Learn about the role of scheduler instances in the Conc... more
Thursday, Sep 2 by Microsoft

Asynchronous Message Blocks
Learn about the message-block types that the Asynchrono... more
Thursday, Aug 26 by Microsoft

Parallel LINQ (PLINQ)
Learn about PLINQ, a parallel implementation of LINQ to... more
Wednesday, Jul 7 by Microsoft

Comparing Synchronization Data Structures to the Windows API
Learn how the synchronization data structures that are... more
Thursday, Jul 22 by Microsoft

General Best Practices in the Concurrency Runtime
Learn about many of the best practices that apply to mu... more
Tuesday, Jul 13 by Microsoft

Recent Content

Stephen Toub - Implementing Parallel Patterns using .NET 4
Stephen Toub presents on implementing parallel patterns using .NET 4.
Friday, Aug 20 by Stephen Toub

Cutting Edge: Don't Worry, Be Lazy
Dino Esposito explores laziness in .NET 4 and its relevance to parallel programming.
Thursday, Aug 19 by Dino Esposito

The Manycore Shift: Making Parallel Computing Mainstream
In this session from TechEd Northamerica 2009, we explore the need for parallelism, and we look at the programming languages, libraries, runtimes, and tools Microsoft is providing... more
Friday, Jun 18 by Stephen Toub

Building High Performance Parallel Software
In this session from TechEd Europe 2009, attendees learn how to parallelize their software to take advantage of the industry shift to multicore hardware architectures.
Thursday, Jun 17 by Steve Teixeira

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Visual Studio 2010 Express
Get started with parallel computing today. Downloa... more

Parallel Extensions for .NET 3.5 SP1 on DevLabs
The .NET Framework 4 includes a wealth of support... more

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