Multicore software development is happening in the embedded world! For many embedded software developers it represents the biggest single challenge they face. Successfully developing software for multicore processing platforms starts early - systems must be designed from the outset with multicore in mind, including application structure, task decomposition, messaging design and shared memory architecture. This presentation will use the standard facilities provided by current ARM platforms to illustrate all of these concepts and will provide practical advice and techniques for designing and implementing successful multicore systems. Walk-away points To put it simply, what do you need to do to design, structure and implement your software for the kind of multicore platform which is increasingly found in today's embedded systems.