Faster Chips Are Leaving Programmers in Their Dust - New York Times

The notion of parallel computing and multi-core processors will gain tremendous traction in light of the chip energy/heat crisis that the hardware gurus have been frantically trying to solve. The effort can only be effective if code jockeys keeps up with the processor guys and gals at Intel and AMD. The nation's and the world's attention to energy and conservation of same will help propel this new era in computing. The future is Wow!