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         Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:03:32 +0100
         From: ubiquity <ubiquity_at_HQ.ACM.ORG>
         Subject: Ubiquity 7.36

This Week in Ubiquity:

Volume 7, Issue 36

September 19, 2006 =96 September 25, 2006

UBIQUITY ALERT: ROB MEYER AND ROSS GAGLIANO

Rob Meyer, CEO of the Numerical Algorithms Group,=20
writes: "However your organization chooses to=20
meet the emerging demands for HPC-compatibility,=20
these emerging multi-multi-core systems underline=20
the importance of having a well-considered=20
software migration strategy. New applications or=20
updates to existing ones need to have portability=20
and quality assurance factored into their design=20
if they are to cope with coming hardware changes.=20
<http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/views/v7i36_multicore.html>http://www.acm.org/u=
biquity/views/v7i36_multicore.html

Ross Gagliano discusses the new John Wiley book,=20
"The Cognitive Dynamics of Computer Science: Cost=20
Effective Large Scale Software Development," by Michael de Gyurky
<http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/book_reviews/v7i36_dynamics.html>http://www.acm=
.org/ubiquity/book_reviews/v7i36_dynamics.html
Ubiquity Volume 7, Issue 36 (September 19, 2006 =96 September 25, 2006)
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