On Nov 2, 2008, at 2:27 PM, Jasiu wrote:
> As I understand it, not every program takes advantage of the dual > processors. How do you know which programs utilize dual processors. Certainly, Photoshop, but also some of the media tools, such as TOAST, etcetera. > If none of the programs you use can utilize dual processors is there > any advantage to having dual processors? No, but mainframes have long found ways of utilizing multiple processors in order to "level" the workload. My former employer in an earlier lifetieme made a 16-way mainframe. If every processor is a true "peer", than any work may be assigned by the dispatching function on any processor. If only two processor, then one usually gets assigned, more-or-less, to the I/O initiation/termination function, whereas the other processor gets assigned, more-or-less, to the CPU-intensive functions. It is never exactly 50-50, but for all intents and purposes, it is. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
