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Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks - README
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Contents
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    - Product Overview
    - Contents and Directory Structure
    - Additional Resources


Product Overview
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Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks is a runtime-based parallel
programming model for C++ code that uses threads. It consists of a
template-based runtime library to help you harness the latent
performance of multicore processors.  Use Intel(R) Threading Building
Blocks to write scalable applications that:

    - specify tasks instead of threads
    - emphasize data parallel programming
    - take advantage of concurrent collections and parallel
	algorithms


Contents and Directory Structure
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The default install location on Microsoft* Windows* systems is:

    C:\Program Files\Intel\TBB\1.1
	    or
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\TBB\1.1
	(Microsoft* Windows* on Intel(R) EM64T processors only)

The default install location on Linux* systems is:

    /opt/intel/tbb/1.1

The default install location on Mac OS* systems is:

    /Library/Frameworks/TBB.framework/Versions/1.1

The directory map within the install directory includes the following
files and sub-directories:

    tbbEULA.[txt|rtf]
    tbbsupport.txt
    uninstall.sh (Linux* only)
    doc
	Doc_Index.html
	README.txt
	Release_Notes.txt
	INSTALL.txt
	Getting_Started.pdf
	Tutorial.pdf
	Reference.pdf
    examples
	(executable examples and tests)
    bin (Linux* and Mac OS* only)
	(tbbvars scripts)
    lib (Linux* and Mac OS* only)
	(product libraries)
    include
	(product header files)
    ia32 (Windows*, Linux* or Mac OS*)
	bin
	    (architecture/platform-specific bin files)
	lib
	    (architecture/platform-specific lib files)
    em64t (Windows* and Linux* only)
	bin
	    (architecture/platform-specific bin files)
	lib
	    (architecture/platform-specific lib files)
    itanium (Linux* only)
	bin
	    (architecture/platform-specific bin files)
	lib
	    (architecture/platform-specific lib files)


Additional Resources
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You can view the following files either before installation, or after
installation in the product "doc" sub-directory.

    - INSTALL.txt provides detailed installation instructions.

    - Release_Notes.txt provides details on system requirements,
	known limitations, technical support, and related products.

    - Getting_Started.pdf provides a jump-start guide to understanding
	how to use the product through an example you can test yourself.

    - Doc_Index.html provides an annotated, cross-linked list of all the
	product documentation.


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