ProE w4 and multiprocessors
ProE w4 and multiprocessors
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I am needing far greater speed for some recent projects of mine and am seriously looking at an 8-core machine. But I have read in a number of forums that ProE W4 does not support multi-processors. However, when I open up task manager, I find that both processors on my dual-core are near peak activity on some ProE, heavy CPU operations. When the operations complete, both cores drop way back.
So are those forum posts wrong? I REALLY need a 64-bit system and all the core power I can get, because right now, my productivity is non-existent.
So are those forum posts wrong? I REALLY need a 64-bit system and all the core power I can get, because right now, my productivity is non-existent.





RE: ProE w4 and multiprocessors
Check out the benchmarks, you will see that you need the fastest processor speed, not a lot of cores. You can improve results with overclocking, etc. but not too many people are willing to do that in a work environment.
RE: ProE w4 and multiprocessors
RE: ProE w4 and multiprocessors
I suspect that the first low cost multithreaded CAD program will be a completely new one that is conceived & created to run that way from the start. It is going to take the legacy programs a long time to get there. PTC will probably take longer than most because they support multiple operating systems and processor families.
We got in this position because the microprocessor suppliers finally came up against a wall in terms of clock speed but their process capability keeps shrinking so the only way for them to offer increased performance is to put more cores on one die. Unfortunately, in today's software environment the performance gain is mostly in the ad copy.
RE: ProE w4 and multiprocessors