NI宣布其已經(jīng)加入多核協(xié)會，此協(xié)會是全球非盈利性組織，致力于開發(fā)幫助縮短多核執(zhí)行產(chǎn)品投入市場時間的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。作為此協(xié)會的一員，NI將與包括英特爾、飛思卡爾半導(dǎo)體和風(fēng)河系統(tǒng)公司在內(nèi)的具有領(lǐng)先技術(shù)的公司合作，改進(jìn)操作系統(tǒng)、硬件和軟件開發(fā)工具間的協(xié)同工作能力，以方便工程師和科學(xué)家們能受益于由多核技術(shù)帶來的高端性能。 多核協(xié)會總裁Markus Levy說：“NI具備軟硬件操作系統(tǒng)倍受關(guān)注的多種多核技術(shù)知識，其在產(chǎn)品開發(fā)方面的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)水平和經(jīng)驗都是利用此技術(shù)的優(yōu)勢，使得NI成為多核協(xié)會努力確定多核技術(shù)應(yīng)用標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的非常有價值的貢獻(xiàn)者?！? NI為協(xié)會提供了其30多年的技術(shù)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)水平以及重要經(jīng)驗，來支持和應(yīng)用多核技術(shù)。如NI的LabVIEW圖形開發(fā)軟件產(chǎn)品。因其在多線程技術(shù)方面有10年的投資，LabVIEW以它直覺的并行數(shù)據(jù)流語言簡化了多核和基于FPGA的應(yīng)用開發(fā)。LabVIEW還能利用LabVIEW實時環(huán)境傳送對稱多處理，使得用戶從多核處理器直接獲得性能成為可能。用戶可利用LabVIEW圖形化設(shè)計及多核技術(shù)的優(yōu)勢，包括NASA、Ames風(fēng)洞控制研究中心、Max Planck核聚變研究學(xué)院、Eaton傳播測試公司、弗吉尼亞理工大學(xué)所研發(fā)的技術(shù)和用于開發(fā)智能工具的Torc技術(shù)。 NI的總裁CEO兼協(xié)同創(chuàng)始人James Truchard說：“多核設(shè)計的改變就像二十年前導(dǎo)向目標(biāo)設(shè)計的變遷具有革命性，LabVIEW是應(yīng)對此新挑戰(zhàn)的理想選擇。NI已經(jīng)在LabVIEW領(lǐng)域投入了十年，同時其并行數(shù)據(jù)流路徑對于建立多核應(yīng)用的工程師和科學(xué)家們也是理想的選擇。我們盼望著與多核協(xié)會一起協(xié)作為界定多核應(yīng)用標(biāo)準(zhǔn)做出貢獻(xiàn)。” 讀者可登錄：www.ni.com/multicore 查找關(guān)于多核設(shè)計資源，包括由NI、英特爾、多核協(xié)會、QNX軟件系統(tǒng)和加州大學(xué)共同發(fā)布的白皮書和webcasts。 [font=times]original text [/font] [font=times]National Instruments Joins The Multicore Association to Improve Interoperability of Multicore-Enabled Software and Hardware [/font] [font=times][color=#708090]National Instruments today announced it has joined The Multicore Association, a global nonprofit organization focused on developing standards that help shorten time to market for products that involve multicore implementations. As a member of the association, National Instruments is collaborating with leading technology companies including Intel, Freescale Semiconductor and Wind River to improve the interoperability among operating systems, hardware and software development tools so engineers and scientists can benefit from the performance improvements offered by multicore technology. “National Instruments has a commanding and diverse knowledge of multicore technology from a software, hardware and operating system perspective,” said Markus Levy, president of The Multicore Association. “Their experience and leadership in developing products that can take advantage of this technology makes National Instruments a valuable contributor to The Multicore Association’s efforts to define the standards for multicore applications.” National Instruments offers more than 30 years of technology leadership to the association as well as significant experience supporting and using multicore technology through products such as NI LabVIEW graphical development software. With more than 10 years of investment in multithreading technology, LabVIEW simplifies multicore and FPGA-based application development with its intuitive parallel dataflow language. LabVIEW also delivers symmetric multiprocessing （SMP） with the LabVIEW Real-Time environment, making it possible for users to gain performance from multicore processors without sacrificing determinism. Customers using LabVIEW graphical programming to take advantage of multicore technology include the NASA Ames Research Center for wind tunnel control, Max Planck Institute for nuclear fusion research, Eaton Corporation for transmission testing and Virginia Tech University and Torc Technologies for developing autonomous vehicle vision intelligence. Additionally, National Instruments incorporates multicore processors into several of its hardware offerings including controllers available on the PXI and PXI Express platforms. “The change to multicore programming is as revolutionary as the transition to object-oriented programming was two decades ago, and LabVIEW is ideally suited for this new challenge,” said Dr. James Truchard, National Instruments president, CEO and cofounder. “National Instruments already has invested 10 years in the multithreading technology in LabVIEW, and its parallel, dataflow approach is ideal for engineers and scientists building multicore applications. We look forward to working with The Multicore Association to define the standards for multicore applications.” Readers can visit www.ni.com/multicore for multicore programming resources including webcasts and white papers presented by National Instruments, Intel, The Multicore Association, QNX Software Systems and the University of California, Berkeley. [/color][/font]