LabView 8.5 runs across processor cores
Martin Rowe, Senior Technicl Editor -- Test & Measurement World, 8/10/2007 2:06:00 PM
LabView 8.5 adds several features that improve throughput in test applications. Taking advantage of multicore processors, LabView’s multithreading ability automatically assigns program threads to processor cores. Previous versions let you perform up to four threads on a single-core processor. Now, you can run four threads on each processor core.
LabView’s Real-Time and FPGA add-ons also let you take advantage of multiple processors. Because real-time and FPGA applications don’t run under Windows, the add-ons let you assign threads to processor cores. Thus, you can build applications where one core acquires data and another performs analysis, filtering, signal processing, or data logging. By assigning code to a specific processor core, you can run even more tasks in parallel. If you develop code for embedded systems, you can download multithreaded applications to an FPGA and run them independently of a PC.
One new module lets you build applications by using state charts that define user interfaces, communications protocols, controls, and other functions. State charts contain underlying LabView code that you can run or edit, but they provide a higher level of abstraction to your programs than writing your own code. LabView 8.5 lets you run state charts on desktop PCs, real-time systems, or FPGAs.
Base price: $1199, National Instruments, www.ni.com/labview.
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