B blah44 Dec 13, 2013 #1 [Moved to the programming forum -- mod.] Simple question, if I have a two-core Pentium and spawn a few threads from a single process, will they get scheduled across both cores? How about if I have two single-core processors?
[Moved to the programming forum -- mod.] Simple question, if I have a two-core Pentium and spawn a few threads from a single process, will they get scheduled across both cores? How about if I have two single-core processors?
nslay Dec 14, 2013 #2 Yes, they will be scheduled across both cores in both cases. You can test this by spawning two threads and watching top(1) (you will see CPU usage of 200%).
Yes, they will be scheduled across both cores in both cases. You can test this by spawning two threads and watching top(1) (you will see CPU usage of 200%).
X xibo Dec 20, 2013 #3 Or you can see what CPUs schedule which threads by pressing H (large h) in top(1).
