On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 10:56:13 -0700 Jim Cathey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> This tower can hold much more RAM and disk than I can use with > the new-ish laptop I've been using. And, the 30" monitor is pretty > nice. When I'm done I should have a 12-core (24-thread) 3.3GHz CPU > array, 48GB of RAM, 3TB of disk, plus a small SSD for the OS and apps. Are all those cores (and threads) really helpful? In keeping an eye on what my four-core processor does with CentOS-5.11, I don't see even four cores being used. In looking at the new AMD Ryzen processors, I see 6-, 8-, 10-, and 16-core processors. Unless you have software designed to use all of them (multi-threaded and multi-tasking), what use are they? Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
