An important aspect in software engineering is the ability to distinguish between premature, unnecessary, and necessary optimizations. A strong case can be made that the initial design benefits ...

A new economy doesn’t replace the old economy–it transforms it. Such transformations are necessarily disruptive. They redefine the strategic interests of customers, reshuffle market segments, and ...

Power is a ubiquitous concern, and it is impossible to optimize a system’s energy consumption without considering the system as a whole. Tremendous strides have been made in the optimization of a ...

Over the past decade, technology has become an increasingly integral part of modern business. Gone are the days when a company was run solely on the intuitions and gut instincts of a single person, ...

Startup Code Metal Inc. launched today with a software platform designed to help developers optimize their code for edge computing devices. The Boston-based startup has raised $16.5 million over two ...

Big Blue is serving up further details of software designed to help businesses better use computing resources--an important piece of its autonomic computing initiative. Martin LaMonica is a senior ...

This episode is available to stream on-demand. As compute workloads grow more complex and specialized, the traditional separation between hardware and software development is leading to inefficiencies ...

Recent expert guides reveal that many users overlook the importance of the full audio chain when seeking better sound quality. Optimizing source quality, audio settings, and using dedicated DAC/amps ...

Green software engineering is an emerging discipline consisting of best practices to build applications that reduce carbon emissions. The information technology (IT) sector—which includes hardware, ...