Questions tagged [multi-core]
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Feature of CPU needed to run Javascript fast
This is more of a Computer Engineering question, but what is the feature of a CPU to run Javascript fast? I use to access the internet with an AMD Phenom II with 6 cores and I could almost have as ...
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Celluloid actors parallel work slow?
I'm new to actors and just playing around in ruby using Celluloid. I have this code below
module Enumerable
# Simple parallel map using Celluloid::Futures
def pmap(&block)
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Why running threaded algorithms with exact number of cores the machine has, is faster than anything else?
I made some basic multi-threading tests here, and noticed that the speed increase when using the exact is bigger than I expected.
I assumed that speed would increase linearly until I hit the limit of ...
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Possible methods of accessing L1 cache and specifying threads/cores
A faster prime number generator with hyperthreading and L1 cache
About five years ago I wrote a simple VB widget to generate the first one million prime numbers and then port them to into its single ...
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Why does Node not support several event loops in one Process?
As the title says, why does Node not support several event loops in one Process? The idea, is that node spawns a user decided number of threads, which each have an event loop. When a new callback is ...
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How many threads should I use in my NIO server?
I've built a Java NIO TCP server, it currently uses four threads.
One ServerRunnable thread that uses a selector and three worker threads.
I've been looking around for some information about this, ...
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Does OpenMp have support for Real Time Multiprocessor Computing?
I am working on a real time multiprocessor scheduling algorithm. I found very few results via google research related to it. A few simulators are available but are not robust enough.
OpenMp is an ...
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Would Task-based programming in C++ require new language standard features?
So I saw this video on Youtube with all these C++ masters on GoingNative 2012 : Interactive panel where everybody could ask the questions.
This is the video I was talking about: GoingNative 2012 - ...
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MIPS has been used a multiprocessor architecture in the past. Is anyone using it in a multicore SoC? [closed]
I have been reading about the MIPS architecture and learned that it has been used a multiprocessor architecture in the past. Is anyone presently using it in a multicore SoC?
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Are there deprecated practices for multithread and multiprocessor programming that I should no longer use?
In the early days of FORTRAN and BASIC, essentially all programs were written with GOTO statements. The result was spaghetti code and the solution was structured programming.
Similarly, pointers can ...
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Using Clojure instead of Python for scalability (multi-core) reasons, good idea? [closed]
After reading http://clojure.org/rationale and other performance comparisons between Clojure and many languages, I started to think that, apart from ease of use, I shouldn't be coding in Python ...
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What threading pratice is good 90% of the time? [closed]
Since my SO thread was closed i guess i can ask it here.
What practice or practices are good 90% of the time when working with threading with multiple cores? Personally all i have done was share ...
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