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16 years ago

Concurrent DSE on Multi-core PC

I have a 4 core PC. I would like to be able to run Concurrent DSE. Can I set loose concurrent compiles each on it's own core or pair of cores ? If I set the max number of processors to 2 and as...
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16 years ago

When you use concurrent DSE, each of the compilations it starts is limited to one core. This is because, if you have lots of compilations to run, by far the best way to use your cores is to have one compilation per core, since the compilations are independent of one another and don't have to communicate in any way.

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Adrian Ludwin

Altera Corp.