Windows 7 Getting Parallel Processing. Well Sorta.

**Cr@xH3aDMcg33** · 10-01-2008, 08:17 AM

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Windows 7 Getting (Kinda) Optimized for Parallel Processing

Besides looking a lot like Vista—and we mean a lot—Microsoft has said Windows 7 uses a lot of the same foundation, too, to keep upgrade migraines to a minimum. The problem is that its core ain't so suited to parallel computing, one of rival Snow Leopard's few headline features. So they're actually implementing some deep-level tweaks to bring it up to speed and make it more parallel processing friendly.

It's actually a significant process, since as Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s Chief Research and Strategy Officer, admits, “Win32 was never designed for highly concurrent, asynchronous processing" and "parallelism requires adjustments at every level of the stack." The first steps toward the larger project of re-arranging tasks and runtimes in different layers to take advantage of multiple-core will happen in Windows 7 though, such as an updated scheduler. There will be other adjustments along these lines as well, though we probably won't know everything until October.

So while it's unlikely that Windows 7 be as deeply in tune with parallel processing as Snow Leopard looks to be, it'll definitely be able to use a SWAT team of cores better than your Vista box will, and set the stage for Windows 8 to have a solid parallel processing foundation. [ZD Net]

**Chair-Force** · 10-01-2008, 08:33 AM

what?

**teh_sysadmin** · 10-01-2008, 08:42 AM

parallel processing, aka using more than one cpu to execute a function or program, making thus program/process run faster. hopefully it means that Windows 7 will utilize better cpu/memory allocation (use available resources better, making everything run smoother and faster)

**Evil_Merlin** · 10-01-2008, 08:54 AM

Fuck Snow Leopard. It only runs on less than 5% of the overall market and thats not going to be changing any time soon.

**Chair-Force** · 10-01-2008, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by teh_sysadmin

parallel processing, aka using more than one cpu to execute a function or program, making thus program/process run faster. hopefully it means that Windows 7 will utilize better cpu/memory allocation (use available resources better, making everything run smoother and faster)

you have lived up to your username, sir.

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teh_sysadmin SOT Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: teh cubicle bunker Posts: 2,892	parallel processing, aka using more than one cpu to execute a function or program, making thus program/process run faster. hopefully it means that Windows 7 will utilize better cpu/memory allocation (use available resources better, making everything run smoother and faster) __________________ SOT My anti- So, how's all that "hope" and "change" working out for you?

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Chair-Force No Pref Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Paddy's Pub Posts: 3,758 gXboxLive Leaderboard: 67^th	what?

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Evil_Merlin SOT Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Medford, MA Posts: 1,617 gXboxLive Leaderboard: 54^th	Fuck Snow Leopard. It only runs on less than 5% of the overall market and thats not going to be changing any time soon.