Mac OS threading demystified Apple Developer Tech Note 2028 states: "This technote describes the< various threading APIs on Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, and how those APIs interact with the core operating ...

Lately, vectorization, an optimization technique synonymous with early vector supercomputers like the Cray-1 (1975), has reappeared with even greater importance than before. Exploiting the performance ...

The new Mac Pro features a potential breakthrough in Mac OS X OpenGL performance that could dramatically enhance the speed of 3-D graphics—provided developers tap into it. Now the questions are: will ...

Lately I've been hearing a lot about how any program compiled for BeOS is automagically multithreaded. But how does it work? And could this feature be passed on to other compilers and/or operating ...