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ChadTower:
--- Quote from: saint on June 08, 2009, 01:11:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 08, 2009, 09:36:38 am ---You need the server version of XP to run dual procs. The standard desktop version of XP doesn't do that out of the box.
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The what? You mean XP Pro, or Server 2003, or 64 bit, or ... ???
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"server version" around my workplace is sort of a blanket term. I forget that sometimes. ;D He's most likely looking for Pro but given that it's only dual core I don't think it matters much.
The OS can't really shove the apps into different cores, it doesn't work that way, because it doesn't see the cores individually. It can shove the apps onto different CPUs because they are separate but AFAIK the cores in a dual core CPU are presented as a single unit at the OS level unless the software is written specifically to take advantage of the dual core. I haven't played in that area so I don't know the specifics lower than the usage details.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on June 08, 2009, 02:57:02 pm ---I don't think that can be right, Chad. What would be the point? I can't see the firmware on the motherboard being robust enough to load balance applications on its own.
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CPU -> instruction set -> DLLs -> end user software
The difference here is at the instruction set level, I think, and that's why I laid the impetus at the compiler. You take your app code and compile it with or without SMT support. With would likely support both dual and single cores but be larger binaries. Without is smaller and optimized better for single core. With would also cost more to develop as some of the lower level algorithms would best be designed with the SMT support in mind to really grab the optimization by the throat - developers who can do that just cost more and it takes longer.
2600:
Too long to type why, but Chad your wrong.
ChadTower:
I could easily be wrong, as I said, it's an educated guess at that level.
Nice to see you put that much effort into the debate, bro. :laugh2:
2600:
Honestly, I didn't know where to begin.
I'll put some more effort into it next time. ;D
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