Peakstream has announced the beta of Peakstream Workstation for Microsoft Windows. With the intention of bring hardware independent multicore CPU/GPU programming to windows. There is an API and debugger plugin for Windows. This is exciting news for everyone since it signals the realization of the next generation of processor improvements.
Multicore CPU provide a great deal more power for similar or less electricity than previous CPUs. However, programming languages are still limited by the assumptions of single Core processors. It is vital that programmers have easy, flexible, multi-core programming tools to construct programs that can take advantage of the additional capabilities of modern chips. Whether this tool is is the class remains to be seen. But the announcement shows that this topic is on the radar of several companies with resources.