Parallel programming project recognized as a Winner in IEEE Spectrum's Best and Worst Tech Projects for 2007
Posted by Jike Chong on January 26, 2007
Rapidmind, a startup based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, was named a winner in the software category in January, 2007 issue of IEEE Spectrum. The company develops a platform that helps programmers realize the potential of parallel platforms such as GPUs and the Cell processor. The core technology is based on the programming language "Sh", which was developed at University of Waterloo, Ontario by Stefanus Du Toit and Michael McCool. The technology uses C++ as user interface, and asks user to re-write critical parallel sections in "Sh". It exploits data-level parallelism of the applications, and is able to map the same code base onto different platforms through dynamic compilation of higher level "sh" data constructs.
IEEE Spectrum January 2007 article
Rapidmind Whitepaper
IEEE Spectrum January 2007 article
Rapidmind Whitepaper