[Virtualacorn-list] Multi-core processors

David J. Ruck druck at druck.org.uk
Sat Mar 26 21:59:39 GMT 2016


On 26/03/2016 10:36, Vince M Hudd wrote:
> This is a reply to a question raised on the NetSurf mailing list - answered
> here because it's not really on topic for the browser.
>
> Brian <bbailey at argonet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> It does beg the question. What happens when NetSurf runs in VRPC on a Win
>> 7 machine with a multi-core processor? Does VRPC take advantage of
>> multiple cores?
>
> Almost certainly not

No "almost". VRPC emulates a single processor RISC OS system, so all the 
emulation code is run on one core.

Cheers
---David
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