Though Gordon Moore’s 1965 prediction that the density of computer components would double every two years has been accurate, and computer processing speed has followed basically the same upward trajectory, the technologies’ evolution is not being met with similar advances in computer programming expertise. While Intel and AMD were happy to roll out dual-core processors (followed now by quad-core and even dual quad-core processors), the programming expertise needed to truly take advantage of parallel processors is extremely hard to find in the marketplace, according to many of the speakers and attendees at WS&T’s Accelerating Wall Street conference in New York in early May.
Low-Latency Technology Outpacing Programmers’ Capabilities
May 29, 2008