The newer versions can handle several cores in one program. Additionally you can setup how much cores for every workerthread you want.
Greetings t. Stephan Grupp wrote: > I have a Dell workstation with 2 processors (quad Xeons, total 8 cores, > 4GB of RAM). Empirically, I have found that the "breakeven" point is 5 > instances of Prime 95 - if I go past 5 instances, I lose so much > iteration time on all running instances that my total throughput drops. > If I go to the new version, will it open up 8 instances? I think this > would make my machine less effective in the end. Or does the new version > manage conflicts and memory usage in such a way that my "breakeven" > point might change? > > I am hesitant to go to v25 for this reason. > > > Stephan Grupp MD PhD > Director, Stem Cell Biology > Children's Hospital of Philadelphia > Oncology/BMT > ARC 902 > 3615 Civic Center Blvd. > Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318 > phone 215-590-5476 > fax 215-590-3770 > > Please consider the environment before printing this email > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Prime mailing list > Prime@hogranch.com > http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list Prime@hogranch.com http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
