• Microsoft wants multicore boost from Windows 7
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[QUOTE=gman003-main;17859141]Linux also supports only limited number of CPUs. Depending on architecture, configuration and version, it ranges from just 32 to 8192. Supporting more processors does slow things down if those processors don't exist. On Linux, at least, adding a supported processor adds about 8kb to the kernel image, and sucks up a bit of memory as well. The main problem is the scheduler using bigger numbers for "processor id", which can use up another good bit of RAM. There are valid reasons for limiting the number of processors to whatever is reasonable. Wow, I never thought I would be defending Microsoft.[/QUOTE] It's good to take it objectively. If you know a lot about operating systems, chances are you run Linux, but hopefully should have some explanation for the way Microsoft designs their OS. It's not like their engineering team is full of morons, they actually know what is going on.
gparent vs dr. egg, here we go. [editline]12:15PM[/editline] again :frown: edit: broke mah automerge
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