nCore Design

High Performance Software Architecture and Development

Conceptualization, design and development of bespoke, high-performance, scalable ANSI C/C++ software systems on Unix/Linux based platforms
Specialization in networked, multicore, multithreaded and parallel software systems and architectures
Adaptive, agile development process minimizes risk and engages directly with the customer to produce a superior solution
Multi-platform and cross-platform configuration management and build systems using Jam and gmake
Experienced with the development of online games, distributed simulations, transaction execution engines, search frameworks, in-memory databases, expert systems, and special purpose Internet content servers
Object Databases (Versant, ObjectStore), CORBA, MPI, Myrinet MX/GM middleware
Linux, FreeBSD, OS X, OpenSolaris, HP-UX and HP Tru64 operating systems
IA-32, IA-64, PowerPC, SPARC and MIPS microprocessors

Software design and development for multicore systems including pipelined processing engines, video decoding and encoding, transaction execution engines and concurrent networking systems
Technical analysis of existing software, hardware and threading APIs for future multicore implementations
Migration and porting of existing software to multicore-aware versions using specialized tools and techniques
Performance analysis and software instrumentation for multicore systems

Software and solution development for digital microprocessor controlled systems, system-on-chip, digital signal processors and microcontrollers
Embedded operating systems and embedded web application programming with a Linux specialization
Specific experience with Broadcom BCM74XX HD AVG system processors
Finished systems with integrated GUI, USB peripherals, LCD panels, keyboards and hardware encryption modules
ARM, XScale, x86, MIPS, PowerPC, TMS320, ADSP/Blackfin, AVR, MSP430 platforms

Correction and optimization of performance issues using advanced code profiling and compiler optimization techniques
Integrated system, application and microarchitecture optimization strategies
Optimization solutions for SIMD vectorization, branch mis-prediction, memory problems, cache problems and processor-specific microarchitecture problems
Optimization using Intel IPP and Math Kernel Library on Linux and OS X

Technical consulting for software development projects, including systems architecture, system feasibility, requirements review and development, design review, test plan development, coding standards and guidelines development, and independent evaluations of existing projects
Training and mentoring programs in advanced C++ tools and techniques
Training in multicore software development using Intel development tools

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