Intel open sources multicore development tool
Intel on Tuesday is scheduled to release the source code to a development tool for writing applications to run on multicore chips.
The company released Threading Building Blocks last August, a C++ template designed to simplify the job of writing applications that take advantage of processors with multiple cores, or processing units.
During the last year, Intel found that customers and potential customers wanted greater platform support and assurances that the toolset would be around for a long time, said James Reinders, the director of Intel's software development products.
To address these concerns, Intel has decided to release the tool under the General Public License version 2 with runtime exception. With the runtime exception, commercial software can choose to embed it in their own closed-source products, Reinders said.
