I have to state again that running two threads on a single core processor CAN be faster that running one thread. I have a program that definitely works that way (no Hyperthreading) and my roommate's ...

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Successive generations of single-core processors no longer show much performance improvement — Moore's Law has run out for the single core, at least in terms of what can be done within the heat and ...

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PROCESSES and threads have one goal: Getting a computer to do more than one thing at a time. To do that, the processor (or processors) must switch smoothly among several tasks, which requires ...