#3ds/NT MULTIPROCESSOR
13-Jul-95 09:13:46
Sb: #179025-#3ds/NT MULTIPROCESSOR
Fm: Dennis Good 72260,1014
To: John Ellis 72440,3046
PMFJI – one other item to consider in the SMP equation. In this month's PC
Graphics and Video it was mentioned that beyond 6 processors, SMP starts losing
ground to the overhead that the OS has to expend in keeping track of threads.
Which doesn't surprise me a bit. I have difficulty doing two things at once,
let alone six.