Archives For

Tech Talks: Writing High-Performance Software

BitTorrent —  February 3, 2014 — Leave a comment

BitTorrent Tech Talks are one-hour sessions dedicated to the stuff that keeps us busy / keeps us up at night / keeps us coding. From time to time, we post them here. Because sharing.

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwgJNJJalL4]

In this edition of Tech Talks: BitTorrent’s Chief Architect Arvid Norberg describes how modern computers work, and the key challenges to software performance. He then breaks down how to modify data structures to better take advantage of your memory cache. Want to write your own high performance software? Watch the full video, or follow along with the slides below.

[slideshare id=30767629&doc=performancesoftware-140203140032-phpapp02]
Writing High-Performance Software by Arvid Norberg from bittorrentinc

For more talks by Arvid, check out distributed hashtables and his follow-up, distributed hashtables updated.

In Tech Talks , , , , ,
permalink

Announcing a New Version of µTorrent Server for Linux

BitTorrent —  November 20, 2013 — 2 Comments

uT Linux Server
Good news!

We’ve just updated the µTorrent Server for Linux. It’s a pretty major refresh from the last version. What’s new? Here’s the rundown.

New features:

□ Touch based input option for Web UI: use your tablet or mobile phone to control your torrent client in the home network
□ Remote.utorrent.com integration: use your tablet, mobile phone or computer to control your torrent client from anywhere on the Internet. Either visit remote.utorrent.com or use the Android µTorrent Remote application.

Big improvements:

□ Performance enhancements to the Torrent engine: the faster just got faster.
□ Improved web UI: a modern rewrite of the UI for controlling the torrent client in the home network
□ Support for signed torrents
□ Updated RSS feed parser
□ Multiple bug fixes and enhancements

Give the new version a shot, and let us know what you think. Our forums are open. All questions, ideas, and feedback are welcome.

button-free-download

–Team BitTorrent

In Announcements, µTorrent
permalink