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Re: UAE should be ported to the CRAY
« on: November 14, 2008, 12:11:51 PM »
The Cray is x86 based and probably running Linux... UAE is already ported to it :-)

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Re: UAE should be ported to the CRAY
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2008, 12:25:01 PM »
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Of course just one core would be enough to run Superfrog at 100%, but out of curiosity, does WinUAE use more than one at the same time?


Nope, the timing issues involved mean that UAE is not well suited to multithreading :-)

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Re: UAE should be ported to the CRAY
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2008, 12:27:30 PM »
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Of course just one core would be enough to run Superfrog at 100%, but out of curiosity, does WinUAE use more than one at the same time?


Nope, due to timing requirement of UAE, it is not well suited to Multithreading :-)