Microsoft and Intel Launch Parallel Computing Research Centers

Just in case you missed this:

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/mar08/03-18UPCRCPR.mspx

Today Microsoft and Intel announced a joint initiative to fund two universal parallel programming research centers. One will be located at UC Berkeley, the second will be at the University of Illinois.

From the press release:

Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corp. are partnering with academia to create two Universal Parallel Computing Research Centers (UPCRC), aimed at accelerating developments in mainstream parallel computing, for consumers and businesses in desktop and mobile computing.

The joint funding is $20M over the next 5 yrs.

A substantial investment into the future. Future hardware and future generations of developers.

Read the complete post at http://blogs.msdn.com/volkerw/archive/2008/03/18/microsoft-and-intel-launch-parallel-computing-research-centers.aspx