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Re:Multi-core and multi-threading performance by stephengillie on Thursday October 11, 2012 @09:59AM (#4640773)
Anyone who would expect additional cores to significantly speed up a single, single-threaded, application is simply in error. </ snip> If this is a myth, I don't know anyone who believes it.

9 women can't create an infant in a month?

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Re:Multi-core and multi-threading performance by marshray on Thursday October 11, 2012 @10:05AM (#4640798)
Ah yes, The Mythical Woman-Month.

I stand corrected. :-)

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Re:Multi-core and multi-threading performance by adrianN on Thursday October 11, 2012 @10:07AM (#4640805)
Once the pipeline is warmed up...
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