From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > That's what the tech specs say. Two complete CPUs on a > single piece of silicon (die). From what I've read though, > Windows will only make use of one core, unless a program > specifies otherwise (64-bit Windows might be different). A > few tests I ran seem to confirm that.
That's simply hogwash. Every version of Windows NT since version 3.5 has supported multiple CPUs, and they are most definitely "used" by windows for running any processes/threads. A program does not have to "ask" to use a particular CPU... Windows will run it on whatever CPU is free. The performance tab of Windows task manager can easily verify this for you... You'll see processes running on all available CPUs. Now, if you try to move an installation of Windows from a single-CPU system to a dual-core (or hyperthreaded) system without a reinstall, you will have to update the HAL to the multiprocessor kernel. This takes like 5 seconds and a reboot, but Windows will not even see a 2nd CPU or core until if it is still using the uniprocessor kernel. _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
