Concurrent Programming in Mac OS X and iOS: Unleash Multicore Performance with Grand Central Dispatch

by Vandad Nahavandipoor

Now that multicore processors are coming to mobile devices, wouldn't it be great to take advantage of all those cores without having to manage threads? This concise book shows you how to use Apple's Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) to simplify programming on multicore iOS devices and Mac OS X. Managing your application’s resources on more than one core isn't easy, but it's vital. Apps that use only one core in a multicore environment will slow to a crawl. If you know how to program with Cocoa or Cocoa Touch, this guide will get you started with GCD right away, with many examples to help you write high-performing multithreaded apps.

Genres: Programming

56 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[Hruday]

best

[Carlos Ricardo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great source that explains the power of GCD. But short..