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Factors Influencing Platform Decisions
In choosing the hardware/software development platform for your Java application, which factor influences your decision most?
15% Publicly-available benchmarks (e.g. SPEC)
19% Internally developed benchmarks or performance tests
13% Power consumption and heat/noise levels
37% Availability of tools and support
16% Just use your current platform and worry about it if a problem comes up
» 239 total votes


“Barcelona” Advantages
18.6% Optimized for multi-socket single-core processors years ago; have not touched since
44.0% Actively doing multi-core processor optimization
24.7% Conducting performance studies; multi-core optimization expected within the year
6.7% Multi-core is a fad; single-threaded all the way
5.9% Multi-what? Is multi-threaded some sort of performance fabric for fitness fanatics?
» 757 total votes


Multi-Core Trends
Are you coding specifically for multi-core processor architectures?
18.6% Optimized for multi-socket single-core processors years ago; have not touched since
44.0% Actively doing multi-core processor optimization
24.7% Conducting performance studies; multi-core optimization expected within the year
6.7% Multi-core is a fad; single-threaded all the way
5.9% Multi-what? Is multi-threaded some sort of performance fabric for fitness fanatics?
» 757 total votes


Dev Central Site Refresh
What do you think of our new look?
45.5% Much better!
13.0% Meh…
5.8% I like the old look better.
35.7% You have a new look?
» 154 total votes


Multi-Threaded Code Development
Tell us about your experience with multi-threading.
40.7% Architecting multi-threaded applications
19.6% Developing multi-threaded applications
4.2% Supporting multi-threaded applications
14.6% Learning about multi-threaded applications
6.1% Using multi-threaded applications
14.8% Just curious
» 479 total votes


Development Trends
Which one of the following development topics are you most likely to tackle within the next twelve months?
35.4% Optimizing for 64-bit architecture.
10.5% Developing Java-related software projects.
10.2% Developing .Net-related software projects.
32% Taking advantage of multi-core processors.
7.6% Leveraging virtualization.
4.3% Combining managed code and native instruction sets.
» 841 total votes


Development Platforms
Considering the software that you are currently developing, which computing platform(s) is it designed to run on?
18.6% Server
20.9% Workstation
10.3% Commercial Desktop/Laptop
25.7% Consumer Desktop/Laptop
18.1% All of the above
6.5% Other
» 1902 total votes


64-Bit Operating System
Are you currently using a 64-bit operating system or plan to use one by the end of this year?
40.5% I'm using one now
33.1% Yes, I plan to use one this year
21.2% No, but I am considering it
5.1% No plans to use
» 528 total votes


Development Languages
What is your primary programming/development language?
62.3% C, C++
6.9% C#
6.9% VB
2.8% ASP/HTML
21% Other
» 956 total votes
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Are you currently developing or planning on supporting the AVX instruction set in your application development efforts?
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