Re:Apple claims Snow Leopard will be a "breakthrough" in par...
by ComputerGuru on Tuesday June 10, 2008 @06:20PM
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Everything is relative. "Breakthrough" scalability and parallel computing on OS X, but more importantly compared to previous versions of OS X.
The fact that OS X is currently in last place (I read the same article you're referring to - I think it was on OS News but I'm not sure) is the very reason why they can improve so drastically. Basically, what Apple meant to say is, they're going to be backporting all the FreeBSD scheduler patches to OS X - perhaps even using the ULE Scheduler which would be 1) easy enough to switch to without too much development on Apple's behalf and 2) totally capable of delivering the promised improvements.
The fact that OS X is currently in last place (I read the same article you're referring to - I think it was on OS News but I'm not sure) is the very reason why they can improve so drastically. Basically, what Apple meant to say is, they're going to be backporting all the FreeBSD scheduler patches to OS X - perhaps even using the ULE Scheduler which would be 1) easy enough to switch to without too much development on Apple's behalf and 2) totally capable of delivering the promised improvements.
http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/os-x-snow-leopard-to-use-ule-s...