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Multi-Core Programming with C++

Course Summary

The Multi-Core Programming with C++ training course is designed to create a baseline level awareness of multi-core programming.

The course begins with a look at multi-core architecture. It then moves into an examination of how to create multi-core C++ applications. Finally, the course concludes by diving into the implementation of multi-core C++ applications.

Purpose
 Learn a baseline level of experience with multi-core programming.
Audience
 Developers that are new to or have minimal experience with embedded programming.
Role
Software Developer
Skill Level
Advanced
Style
Targeted Topic - Workshops
Duration
4 Days
Related Technologies
C++

 

Productivity Objectives
  • Design multi-core solutions.
  • Write multi-core production code.
  • Create a baseline level of multi-core experience.

What You'll Learn:

In the Multi-Core Programming with C++ training course, you'll learn:
  • Working with Multi-Core Architecture
    • Understanding multi-core architectures
    • Advantages and disadvantages
    • How to port single core solutions to multi-core solutions
    • Considerations and impacts
    • Determining if a solution would be beneficial on multi-core platform
    • VxWorks and Green Hills capabilities
    • Software lifecycle and workflow changes in a multi-core world
    • ARM, Intel, and other multi-core platforms
  • Creating Multi-core C++ Applications
    • Overview of Parallel programming concepts
    • Overview of Threading concepts
    • Thread management in the RTOS
    • Threads and Cores - how do they work together
    • Threading considerations (race conditions, deadlock, priorities, etc.)
    • Synchronization solutions: (semaphores, spinlocks, RCU etc)
    • Embedded: cache alignment
    • Threading frameworks
  • Implementing Multi-Core C++ Applications
    • Choice of threading libraries
    • Pthreads (Posix Threads)
    • OpenMP
    • Multithreading in C++/11
    • GUI: Qt and Qthreads
    • CPU scheduling
    • Memory Management in multithreading
    • Multicore/multithread: troubleshooting and debugging
    • Multicore/multithread: performance analysis
    • Common pitfalls and their fixes
      • Parallelization opportunities and blockers
      • Data corrupters
      • Parallelization and (anti-)patterns
    • Examples: number crunching.
    • Examples: consumer/producer
    • Examples: image filtering using multithreading
real world content

Real-World Content

Project-focused demos and labs using your tool stack and environment, not some canned "training room" lab.
expert practitioners

Expert Practitioners

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experiential learning

Experiential Learning

More coding than lecture, coupled with architectural and design discussions.
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Tailored Outlines

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