The player is not really single threaded. We might not be able to kick off more threads, but with stuff like alchemy, pixelbender (or any async process going outside the player) it is multi threaded.
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Paul Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Tom Chiverton <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, May 18, 2009 10:01 AM > *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] HyperThreading... > > > > On Monday 18 May 2009, Laurence MacNeill wrote: > > Does anyone know if the Flash Player supports HyperThreading? > > Applications don't, in general, support or not HT as that's at the O/S > level. > > Strictly that's true, but other technologies (such as Java) allow multiple > threads of execution and are able to take advantage of HT if they are > written with multiple threads. > > Given the availability of multiple cores these days, I'd hope that > actionscript (and the player) would embrace this, though it's MAJOR change > in application development. > > The player is single-threaded at the moment so cannot use a second core - > as Tom says. :-( > > Paul > > > > > other words, will my program run faster on a CPU that has > > HyperThreading? Or will it not make any difference? > > If it's fairly CPU-bound (and nothing else is), it'll probably feel faster > because there's less contention for the CPU resource. > > -- > Helping to biannually promote low-risk e-tailers as part of the IT team of > the > year, '09 and '08 > > > Tom Chiverton > Developer > Tel: +44 0161 618 5032 > Fax: +44 0161 618 5099 > [email protected] > 3 Hardman Square, Manchester, M3 3EB > www.Halliwells.com > > **************************************************** > > This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. > > Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and > Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at > Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A list > of members is available for inspection at the registered office together > with a list of those non members who are referred to as partners. We use the > word ?partner? to refer to a member of the LLP, or an employee or consultant > with equivalent standing and qualifications. Regulated by the Solicitors > Regulation Authority. > > CONFIDENTIALITY > > This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and > may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you > must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it > nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its > existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please > delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. > > For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.Halliwells.com. > > > -- j:pn \\no comment
