Questions tagged [multi-threaded]
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Multithreading in ffmpeg with -f rawvideo
The newly released verion 7.0 of ffmpeg has greatly improved multithreading support for transcoding on the commandline. (https://ffmpeg.org/download.html#release_7.0) Previously transcoding with ...
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Bash: execute in parallel some processes but wait the slowest
Hello I'm writing a bash script where I have to restore around 8+ big sets of ip with ipset-restore command.
Actually my shell script basically has a list like
ipset-restore < list1.txt
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running a multi-threaded script on a macPro to a smb-mount folder throws an error
We're trying to run a multi-threaded script from our macPro but we keep getting an error massage.
The xml script contains parameters to run a specific tool, the paths to the raw data and other ...
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Why does a Python script only use 6 out of 12 cores?
I run Whisper on an Intel-Mac with an Intel Core i7-CPU (Whisper doesn't seem to support AMD Radeon GPUs at the moment, hence I use CPU). When I run Whisper on this computer when it otherwise mostly ...
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`ffprobe` is 12 times slower than `metaflac`. How to speed up `ffprobe`?
On a small FLAC folder of 1593 files, ffprobe takes over 12 times longer to run than metaflac. How to speed up the single-threaded performance of ffprobe?
I tried to tell ffprobe to do the same and ...
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Are matrix and array formulae in Excel multithreaded?
I know that Excel uses multithreading for calculation, but I could not find details about multithreading for matrix and array formulas, such as MMULT, MAP, REDUCE and the like.
I have two questions:
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Varying archive size under multi-threaded compression
When using 7-zip with 7z u -uq0 -ssw -mx9 -stl files.7z files (update-synchronize ultra-compression) I think I've seen a slight random size difference of the same archive triggering my backing-up ...
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RAID0 SSD array write speed and multithreading
I have a RAID0 array of 20 SSD disks and each SSD has a max write speed of 530 MB/s.
The PCIexpress controller is 8x.
The array is mapped to a virtual disk (D) formatted with NTFS in Windows 10
I was ...
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Can any program be run on multiple cores? Will the CPU decide that? Or can only certain programs run on multiple cores?
So I'm a little confused about the multicore CPUs - the impression I was initially under and what I thought I heard before was that some programs can't be run across multiple cores - those in which ...
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Rust multithreading support
I want to run a Minecraft/rust server on a machine that has Linux (raspberry pi OS but I can change this) is there a way to run the server with multiple cores? (I would start the server in terminal if ...
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Why does it matter whether a connection's speed is unstable when choosing between a single- or multi-threaded connection on Ookla's speedtest?
On Ookla's speedtest--on their website or app--users have the option of picking between a single-threaded or multi-threaded connection when doing a speed test.
According to this source:
Some ...
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1 big core or 4 small cores, which one is better of virtual private servers?
I am trying to find and buy a VPS service. I see some plans like one-3.5GHZ core, dual-2GHZ core, quad-1GHZ core, etc. I like to know which one is better and has more computational power?
What I want ...
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Set Excel cells or formula to background or low-priority recalculation
I have an Excel worksheet with a column of non-volatile formulas that are computationally expensive but low priority. So I don't care if they update infrequently, and would prefer that they do so in ...
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Multiple connections on same port using netconn
Trying to develop a MODBUS Slave application via STM32H743BI using LwIP 2.0.3 and FreeRTOS 9.0.0
My app should be able to handle multiple clients simultaneously. I want to create seperate threads for ...
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How many threads can I run in my program?
I have a python program that uses the threading module and runs multithreads that executes a function. The number 8 below is the number of threads in the program but I need to know what is the number ...
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What prevents my RT thread from working?
I have some data acquisition application running under Linux 2.6.37 on DM8148 with TI Linux. I have two threads:
thread named IDE, scheduled as SCHED_RR, prio 114 (75), which collects data from HW ...
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Change affinity while process active
I'm running a CPU consuming process (calculate mandelbrot set) and that process takes almost 100% of the CPU (I have 8 cores on my machine). when I change the affinity to half of the cores the CPU ...
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Thread Performance Penalty
Simulations are invoked from the command line. A dual-core box (4 logical CPUs or threads) can run 4 simulations (seemingly) simultaneously.
Is there a thought process or a measurement to gain a ...
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Hyperthreading and how applications benefit from it
I have been interested in hyper threading and how can applications benefit from it. From what I have read, hyper threading is directly managed by the operating system and it is related to how virtual ...
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Server Hardware slower than Workstation Hardware (Same Software)
I made my Database Sync. Software multi-threaded. On my own workstation
CPU : i5 2500
RAM : 8 GB
HDD : 2x WDC WD5003ABYZ (Software Mirror)
OS : Windows 10 Ultimate
SQL Server : SQL 2008r2
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Is it possible to treat a thread as a core in QEMU?
When using a multi-threaded CPU, is it possible to treat a thread as a core to have double the available cores to the guest OS?
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Raspberry Pi 3 crashes with 4 processes running gmpy, runs fine with 3 or less
I have written a Python program which uses homomorphic (paillier) encryption. For this I am using phe (https://github.com/n1analytics/python-paillier). Because this was really slow, I used 4 processes ...
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Power consumption of a core with two hardware threads
If a core has two hardware threads, will the core consume the same power in the following two scenarios:
a) only one thread is busy, the other is idle
b) both threads are busy
As far as I know, the ...
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Is ongoing download in browsers a child-process or a thread? [closed]
I was asked to give an example of parent-child process relationship with my knowledge of the following: The Parent process controls and limits the child process, it can end or start one, but this will ...
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How many CPU cores can Firefox Quantum utilize?
I have a webapp that is very CPU intensive (multiple nested loops running over large dataset). I could run it in one Firefox tab or distribute the load across multiple tabs (if that's better).
I was ...
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Multi-thread java app vs. individual tasks execution using bash script
I have a java app that runs many different threads (not always dependent on each other) using ScheduledThreadPoolExacutor.
I was wondering if it will have any effect (good hopefully) on the system (...
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Is Firefox 57 multithreaded?
According to Multiprocess Firefox on MDN, Firefox 57 finally runs things in different processes.
So is Firefox 57 multithreaded?
In particular, how many cores does it use at most? Say I open 20 tabs ...
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RoboCopy multithreading in Windows 10
The RoboCopy reference specifically says 'The /MT parameter applies to Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7'. What is the behavior in Windows 10? I would hope multithreading is somehow the default, ...
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Multithreading a Bash IP Scanner Script
I need to do an IP multithreading scanner but I'm not getting it, I need the "seq" to work with multitreahding
#!/bin/bash
function teste(){
for i in $(seq 0 10); do
CONNECT_TIMEOUT=1 # ...
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what's the state of the process when it is multithread?
The state of a process is defined by the current activity of that process and is located in the PCB.
new
List item
running
waiting
ready
terminated
And a thread have its own state too, in the TCB.
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Parallel: Limited number of multi-threaded processes
I'm using GNU parallel to run multiple jobs in parallel like this: parallel python3 main.py arg ::: args*.
With single-threaded jobs, I used -j 100% to ensure that 1 job is mapped to 1 core.
Now, ...
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How can I get Chrome to open one process per tab?
I am on amd64 FreeBSD 11.0-p9 using Chromium 57.0.2987.133 precompiled from the ports. Version 58 causes graphical glitches on my system so I haven't upgraded yet.
Since about half a year I encounter ...
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If Affinity on Windows is set on 1 thread only, does it eliminate problems with thread-unsafe software?
Say I have a third party software executable I can't really edit or alter in anyway or debug properly. I suspect it has issues with multithreading in a way that it segfaults the application due to ...
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run command on multiple threads
I am running a command (pngquant to be precise: https://github.com/pornel/pngquant) in a terminal window. I noticed, that if I open 4 terminal windows, and run pngquant command in each of them, I get ...
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Does 'make' take advantage of multiple cores/threads? (linux)
We are considering a new workstation (will be running Fedora 25/26), and would like to know what a good CPU would be. To start off, I need to know how many cores I need. To help decide that, I want to ...
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Assign more threads to VirtualBox guest OS
I am running Windows 8.1 as host with Intel Core I7 4500U. I am trying to use OpenMP in Ubuntu using VirtualBox. However, even if I shared 2 CPUs, I still have one thread only. When I am running ...
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Disable hyper-threading via BIOS? in Ubuntu
I bought new Lenovo Ideapad 700, 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ Processor (2.60GHz 6MB),
I need to disable hyper-threading via BIOS for my Ubuntu, but I could not find where it is, on the ...
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How much do IDEs take advantage of multiple CPU cores?
So, how much do IDEs, for instance Android Studio or Eclipse, take advantage of multiple threads and CPU cores? That is, how much faster do they run on, say, a quad-core CPU compared with a dual-core ...
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Multithreading a Bash Script
I have a 8 GB txt file and I have to run a python script for each line in the file and save part of the output .
Is there any way I can split this into several processes to make it run faster, in ...
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How can I output y-cruncher Pi calculations to a .txt file?
I have y-cruncher running on my desktop. Unfortunately, I cannot figure out how to write the calculated pi to a specific number of digits onto a .txt file. The program write an output text file with ...
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How to download a large S3 object from the command line much faster than s3cmd
With the s3cmd command you can download files from S3 like this:
s3cmd get s3://my.private.bucket/some/location/hugefile.dat
But that can take quite a while if the stored files are really big.
Are ...
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How is it possible for me to hear the audio of multiple different videos on my computer? [closed]
I am reading this book and so far, being in chapter 3, I understand that multiprogramming and multiprocessing allows for faster execution of multiple existing processes/threads. I am reading into all ...
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How slow is the x86 single-step debugging feature?
The x86 architecture provides a hardware single-step trap for debugging. How much does it slow down the running program?
If, say, a Linux kernel function was created to do nothing but single step a ...
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What to do with extra prosessor with Windows 8.1 (non-professional)? [closed]
My desktop workstation has two quad core processors. I recently installed Windows 8.1, and I found that without the Professional version of Windows 8 you can only use one socket here:
How many ...
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Launch each Windows Explorer window in a separete process
Win7 Win64. I configured Windows Explorer in Tools > Folder Options > View > Launch folder windows in a separate process. It is checked, to make sure I rebooted Windows and it was still checked.
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Do TWAIN drivers benefit from multi-core CPUs?
Advanced TWAIN drivers of document scanners contain many image enhancement features such as descreen, color drop-out, despeckle, deskew, prevent see-through, etc. Some of these features are quite CPU ...
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How to delete a folder in Python when [Error 32] is present
I am using Python 2.7. I want to delete a folder which may or may not be empty. The folder is handled by a thread for file-monitoring. I am not able to kill the thread, but wanted to delete this ...
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Optimum number of threads while multitasking
I know similar questions have been asked but I think my case is a little bit diffrent.
Let's say I have a computer with 8 cores and infinite memory with a Linux OS.
I have a calculation software ...
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pdf viewer / reader with multi-core support? [closed]
Which pdf reader/viewer supports more than one core to render and search through pdf files?
evince does not
okular does not
Adobe Reader does not
Xpdf crashes on all my tested pdf documents (...
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Can two user level threads of same process can run simultaneously on multicore CPU?
Can two user level threads of same process can run simultaneously on multi core CPU ?
