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How can an application use multiple cores or CPUs in .NET or Java?

When launching a thread or a process in .NET or Java, is there a way to choose which processor or core it is launched on? How does the shared memory model work in such cases?

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Luke Foust Avatar asked Aug 31 '08 20:08

Luke Foust


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If you're using multiple threads, the operating system will automatically take care of using multiple cores.

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Corey Avatar answered Oct 23 '22 17:10

Corey