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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by rambojazz on Friday August 17, 2018 @02:09AM (#17780620)
Could this be because many programs are still single threaded (eg. javascript on the browser), but multi-cores workstations usually have a lower performance per single-thread?
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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by askmike on Friday August 17, 2018 @02:53AM (#17780793)
The article states that this problem actually came from service workers (and how MS allocates pages so V8 can spawn this them). Service workers are specifically designed to circumvent issues regarding UI lag from a single thread..
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