Adding more cores is desirable to meet growing computing demands, but it could create more challenges for programmers writing code that enables applications to work effectively with multicore chips.

It was easy to program applications in the days when one chip, one core were common. Single-chip solutions remain the target of many systems, especially for mobile applications. But these days, ...

The NBA and Houston Rockets collaborated to bring exciting initiatives to the AfroTech conference in Houston from Nov. 13-16. One of the key highlights was the first-ever NBA Foundation Tech Challenge ...

I had an idea today that it'd be really cool if we ran our own programming contest just for fun. The first steps are planning and determining if there is any interest here on Ars. That's what this ...

Microsoft's Antonio Goncalves put the advanced GitHub Copilot Chat AI tool to work in a coding challenge, and he was impressed with the results. The One Billion Row Challenge (1BRC) is a Java ...