On 6/25/07, Rzepa, Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know if Java can be persuaded to use multiple parallel > processors?
I think Java will pick this up automatically... it used to do that, at least, on my dual processor system... Not that it was any faster, though... it was actually slower than on my single processor system. > I ask because I am using Jmol to render jvxl surfaces. This rendering > can take a few 10s of seconds, and clearly uses only one processor. > I presume this is a function of the Java virtual engine, and not Jmol? > With systems of up to 8 processors now available, there would be > benefits in reducing this rendering time up to 8-fold! One problem, I was told, is that Java cannot write to the Stack in parallel, so that threads have to be put in queue... but I agree that parallel programming is very important at this point in time. Egon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
