Parallel LINQ: Running Queries On Multi-Core Processors

Multicore processors are now ubiquitous on mainstream desktop computers, but applications that use their full potential are still difficult to write. Version 4 of the .NET Framework will deliver several tools that programmers can employ to make this task easier. This article explores the use of one of those tools: Parallel LINQ (PLINQ).Igor OstrovskyMSDN Magazine December 2009

In Part 2, the authors cover core OS Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) events as well as present simple scripts to demonstrate a few basic accounting techniques on some of the OS events introduced.Alex Bendetov, Insung ParkMSDN Magazine October 2009

In Visual C++ 10 and the Microsoft .NET Framework 4, Microsoft is introducing new libraries and runtimes to significantly ease the process of expressing parallelism in your code base, together with new tool support for performance analysis and debugging of parallel applications. In this article, you will learn about debugging support in Visual Studio 2010, much of which is focused on task-based programming models.Stephen Toub, Daniel MothMSDN Magazine September 2009

In the first article of a two-part series, the authors present a high-level overview of the ETW technology and core OS instrumentation.Alex Bendetov, Insung ParkMSDN Magazine September 2009

In this month's installment, learn how to achieve the most important outcome of all UI design: ensuring that your software is useful, useable, and desirable.Dr. Charles B. Kreitzberg and Ambrose LittleMSDN Magazine May 2009

The combination of the ASP.NET Chart Control and the data querying power of LINQ lets you build flexible charts. Learn how here.K. Scott AllenMSDN Magazine March 2009

The Parallel Patterns Library allows you to more easily take advantage of parallelism. See what this and other Visual C++ 2010 features are in store.Kenny KerrMSDN Magazine February 2009

Integrating workflow into ASP.NET applications means communicating with activities via a workflow queue and hosting the runtime in the global application class. We'll show you how.Michael KennedyMSDN Magazine January 2009

Building a data access layer using LINQ to SQL and the ADO.NET Entity Framework allows you to decouple your application from the persistence technology you're using.Anthony SneedMSDN Magazine December 2008

This article presents an overview of the motivation behind new techniques that decompose problems into independent pieces for optimal use of parallel programming.David CallahanMSDN Magazine October 2008