• Introducing readers to everyday fundamentals of programming for multiprocessor and multithreaded architecture, this book presents the basics of multicore programming in such a way that an average, but experienced, developer can understand
• The authors describe the complexities of multicore technology by clearly illustrating each feature with working code segments that readers can plug into their own applications
• Addresses the pitfalls and traps of concurrency programming and synchronization, as well as a helpful, no-nonsense discussion of multithreading models

Cameron Hughes is a software engineer at Ctest Laboratories and staff programmer/analyst at Youngstown State University. Tracey Hughes is a senior graphics programmer at Ctest Laboratories, where she develops knowledge and information visualization software and image processing programs and is currently working on open source multithreaded software technologies.