Scientific Computing and Apple's Intel Transition

by Albert, E. (Apple Computers)

Wednesday 26 Apr 2006, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Zurich

IT Auditorium (CERN)

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For over five years, Mac OS X has combined the power of UNIX and the ease of the Macintosh for users around the world. This January, Apple shipped Mac OS X for Intel processors for the first time. The entire Macintosh product line will transition to Intel processors by the end of 2006.

The presentation will address:

• The challenges of migrating an entire operating system to a new architecture
• How the Intel transition affects scientific computing on Mac OS X
• How to make your own software run natively on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs
• Rosetta, the translation engine which enables existing PowerPC software to run on Intel-based Macs
• Intel's published processor roadmap and how it may affect the future of personal and scientific computing

About the speaker:

Eric Albert is Senior Software Engineer in Apple's Core Technologies group. During Mac OS X's transition to Intel processors he has worked on almost every part of the operating system, from the OS kernel and compiler tools to applications like iPhoto and Keynote. Prior to working on bringing Mac OS X to Intel, he worked for on the shared-source .NET project ('Rotor') at Microsoft and for Apple's Java team.

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Organiser(s): Miguel Angel Marquina
Computing Seminars / IT Department

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