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Windows and Linux Not Well Prepared For Multicore Chips

Posted by timothy on from the until-that-invisible-hand-flexes dept.

Mike Chapman points out this InfoWorld article, according to which you shouldn't immediately expect much in the way of performance gains from Windows 7 (or Linux) from eight-core chips that come out from Intel this year. "For systems going beyond quad-core chips, the performance may actually drop beyond quad-core chips. Why? Windows and Linux aren't designed for PCs beyond quad-core chips, and programmers are to blame for that. Developers still write programs for single-core chips and need the tools necessary to break up tasks over multiple cores. Problem? The development tools aren't available and research is only starting."

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  2. Re:That's a big leap by phantomfive · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I would respond to you but you are AC and thus I have no idea if you would even read my response.

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