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Samples for Parallel Programming with the .NET Framework 4

May 20, 2009 May 20, 2009 05/20/09
Stephen Toub - MSFT
Along with the release of the .NET Framework 4 Beta 1, we've just published a slew of samples that demonstrate using Parallel Extensions in a variety of ways.  You can download these from Code Gallery at https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/ParExtSamples.These samples include raytracers, a sudoku game, an image colorization algorithm, solvers ...

.NET 4 Beta 1 is now available, with parallelism!

May 20, 2009 May 20, 2009 05/20/09
Stephen Toub - MSFT
We’re very excited that the .NET Framework 4 Beta is now available for public download, as .NET 4 has Parallel Extensions built into its core. You can download the Betas for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/dd582936.aspx.For more information on what’s new in Beta 1 regarding ...

Parallel Extensions on Wikipedia

January 14, 2009 Jan 14, 2009 01/14/09
phillips.joshua
Did you know we’re on Wikipedia?  We love Wikipedia; it’s a great resource for hungry minds and we’re elated to have an article dedicated to the Extensions.  Unfortunately,  our article is a bit out-of-date. We could update it ourselves but we’d rather respect Wikipedia’s policies and avoid ...

Parallelism Videos Galore

November 18, 2008 Nov 18, 2008 11/18/08
Stephen Toub - MSFT
It's been a hectic and exciting few weeks, and we on the Parallel Computing Platform team have been having a great time talking with customers all over the world, at the PDC, at TechEd EMEA, at DevConnections, through Channel 9, and more.  A lot of the resulting material is now available online for viewing, so do check it out if you're ...

Using Hyper-V with the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP

November 4, 2008 Nov 4, 2008 11/4/08
Stephen Toub - MSFT
Last week, we posted about the availability of the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP, which includes Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework.  This preview release is available as a Virtual PC (VPC) image.  Unfortunately, a VPC image isn't great for showcasing parallel processing, as even on a machine with many cores, ...

Concurrent, Multi-core Programming on Windows and .NET

October 28, 2008 Oct 28, 2008 10/28/08
Stephen Toub - MSFT
Thanks to everyone who attended our PDC pre-conference session yesterday on parallelism and concurrency!  We had a wonderful turnout at the event, and David, Joe, and I all had a terrific time. Attached to this post are the slides we presented. (It turns out that the PDC site does allow you to submit an evaluation for a precon.  If ...

Parallel Programming and the .NET Framework 4.0

October 10, 2008 Oct 10, 2008 10/10/08
Stephen Toub - MSFT
Last week, the VP of the Developer Division at Microsoft announced the next version of Visual Studio and the .NET Framework: Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0.  In line with that, the folks at Channel 9 have been posting videos left and right about a bunch of the new Visual Studio features, and there should be a plethora of ...