On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 04:58:05PM +0000, Jim Nagel wrote:
> Some of the new Arm hardware running RiscOS (e.g. the ArmX6 and
> Titanium) has a multi-core processor. So far, of course, RiscOS lacks
> the ability to make use of the extra potential.
>
> Question occurs to me: what's the situation with the other platforms
> on which Netsurf runs -- Amiga, Atari, etc? Does multi-core ability
> exist in hardware there?
>
> Do the Netsurf developers have ideas for how Netsurf could take
> advantage of the extra processing power when the OSes allow it?
NetSurf is single-threaded, by design. It won't take direct advantange
of multiple cores. It'll still be faster on those systems which support
multiple CPUs, because the OS can run on one while NetSurf runs on
another.
B.
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