Parallel computing attracts more Indian developers

There is more interest among the developers in India towards parallel programming for multi-core processors. "The interest shown by the Indian developers towards parallelism has drastically increased over the years," says James Reinders, Chief Evangelist and Director of Marketing and Business, Intel. Reinders spoke at the launch of Intel's new product Intel Parallel Studio in India, which was apparently the second launch after the U.S. in August last year.
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Intel Parallel Studio is a suite of products that are designed specifically for Windows developers in the Indian market. "India is poised to become a significant player in the shift towards parallel programming for multi-core processors," said Reinders. The new product suite is unveiled with a price tag of $799 for the whole suite and per component it would cost $299 which would be available on the market from May end.

"We are talking to several developers and resellers in India," says Reinders, who would be traveling to other cities around the world telling about this new product from Intel's stable, aimed at enhancing parallelism. "Bangalore has been our first stop outside the U.S. and the engineers here are outstanding," adds Reinders.

Intel Parallel Studio is a set of development tools for multicore parallelism that is designed specifically for Microsoft Visual Studio C++ architects, developers and software innovators creating parallel Window applications. The suite includes three components, Intel Parallel Composer, Parallel Inspector and Parallel Amplifier. "The Intel Certified Solution Program (ICSP) has introduced the first of several services designed to improve the security of applications and services developed by local software companies", said Patricia Miron, Director of ICSP.

According to Narendra Bhandari, Director, Asia Pacific, Intel Software and Services Group, Parallel Studio is designed for all sorts of companies irrespective of their size. "We would be targeting the broad community of developers," said Bhandari. According to Miron, 200 companies have already signed up for this program in U.S. and India, with 10 companies in India alone. Intel gives a certification to the product developed through this program. "As of now, 29 customers have completed the certification," adds Miron.

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BY Benny Thomas
Source：SiliconIndia

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