[PLUG] Confused about multi core

Michael Rasmussen michael at jamhome.us
Sat Jul 30 22:24:52 UTC 2011


On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 06:34:35PM -0700, Robert Munro wrote:
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> On Fri 29 Jul 2011 08:59:57 -0700 (PDT) "Michael C. Robinson" wrote:
> >> Robert Munro wrote: The easiest way to see if it's single-threaded,
> >> and whether the CPU is a bottleneck, is to install a visual
> >> monitor. There a several, however I like gkrellm. It's easy to
> >> configure and will show this at a glance.
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> > That's easier than running top and enabling per core view by pressing
> > the 1 key?
> 
> That works, too, yes. To each their own, and whatever floats your boat.
> I just like gkrellm because it is visual, and shows a lot of data fast.
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> I keep one instance running stacked monitor panes, on the left side of a
> virtual desktop updating every 1/10th second, using merely 1% of CPU.
> 
> But now I'm curious. What did you see? Is MPEG4 playback multithreaded?

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