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Can any program be run on multiple cores? Will the CPU decide that? Or can only certain programs run on multiple cores?
So I'm a little confused about the multicore CPUs - the impression I was initially under and what I thought I heard before was that some programs can't be run across multiple cores - those in which ...
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Homogeneous cores and heterogeneous cores
I am currently reading up on multi-core architecture for CPUs. However, I am having difficulties understand the meaning of "using one core design repeated consistently" which describes homogeneous ...
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How much the CPU clock speed matters over number of cores? [duplicate]
I was comparing various desktop/server processors on Intel's website and found that Xenon Coprocessor family constitutes 61 cores. (firstly, this name lead me to think as if this would be a secondary ...
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Are all Socket F Opteron processors interchangeable (within TDP limits)? [closed]
I have an old HP ProLiant DL145 G3 server I'm now using mostly as a budget 3D rendering node. Right now it has two Opteron 2218 processors (each is dual core). I'm looking at picking up a couple ...
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How many instances of FFmpeg commands can I run in parallel?
I tired running 8 commands in parallel to fully utilize the CPU and speed up Video conversions, something like this:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -t 60 -f mp4 /mnt/a.mp4 > /dev/null 2>&1 &
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Can a single process be executed in two or more processors in a multiprocessor system?
I have heard that one processor can work on only one process at a time. Is this true? If so, then how can a single process be executed in more than one processors at a time? Is this even possible?
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Terminology used for CPU/Processors
Suppose a system has 4 Intel Xeon processors
each having 10 physical cores
with HyperThreading enabled which makes a total of 80 cores
Now it is completely confusing when in documentation they start ...
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What are "hyperthreading" and "virtual cores"?
I'm new in this computer terms. So anyone can explain to me what "virtual cores" and "hyperthreading" are at greatest detail a layman can understand?
People told me that virtual cores are imaginary ...
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Clock frequency, number of cores , threads
I'm really confused.
What determines the speed of the CPU/processor?
Some compared a dual core with 2.8ghz and a 2.4ghz quad-core and say the quadcore is better.
But when it comes to a dual core ...
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Is a higher core count or higher clock speed more beneficial to a computer's performance? [closed]
With lowering silicon costs and rising consumer needs, manufacturers seem to be pushing one of two things: clock speed and/or core count. With the way things are going, it doesn't seem that clock ...
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What is the difference between MultiCore and MultiProcessor?
What is the difference between MultiCore and MultiProcessor please?
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How do I calculate clock speed in multi-core processors?
Is it correct to say, for example, that a processor with four cores each running at 3GHz is in fact a processor running at 12GHz?
I once got into a "Mac vs. PC" argument (which by the way is NOT the ...
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What's the difference between multicore proc and multiproc system?
I wonder what's the difference between a dual core computer and a computer with 2 processors on the mother board.. I think it's something related with the threads but a I don't understand it very well....
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