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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/28/2014 10:12 PM, John Laur wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAE653vVajpQJTteAnYHo1Rhv9gHijV5gREQY80dU09RRbYf8HA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite"><i>On Linux, each CPU core "gets" 100% in top's
utilization metric. So an 8 core machine can have 800%
utilization.</i></blockquote>
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Ok, this makes perfectly sense. Thanks for the explanation. And,
yes, programs with just one thread are bound to suffer<br>
on modern multi-core CPUs...<br>
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<i><b>73 Alberto I2PHD<br>
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