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All of these terms are overloaded, even in the context of parallel computing.  However, we’ve used them extensively to describe how well our parallel algorithms and demo applications work.  And sometimes, we throw them around carelessly on the blog, forums, etc., so here are our general definitions.Performance is an attribute that r...

The following code correctly observes and handles a Task exception and should print “gotcha!” to the console.  By default though, the Debugger will report a crash.Task t = Task.Factory.StartNew(() => { throw new Exception("poo"); }); try { t.Wait(); } catch (AggregateException) { Console.WriteLine("gotcha!"); } The issue has to ...

ConcurrentDictionary<TKey,TValue> is a new type in the .NET Framework 4, living in the System.Collections.Concurrent namespace.  As noted in the MSDN documentation, ConcurrentDictionary “represents a thread-safe collection of key-value pairs that can be accessed by multiple threads concurrently.”  While ConcurrentDiction...

We’ll be regularly posting answers to frequently asked questions that we’ve gotten on the forum, internal email lists, etc.  Here’s the first – enjoy! Why is the speedup not X on my X-way machine?  Or, why does my parallel code run slower?  Less than ideal speedup can typically be attributed to two things: 1.    &...