Anthony Atkielski wrote:
Where these computations in which all threads were doing pretty much the same thing?
Not exactly the same algorithm and on different set of data.
And was it floating-point?
Yes.
(Doesn't the processor have just one FPU, or something like that?)
I don't really know (I made this test almost for fun and curiosity), but I really supposed this must be true. Anyway I saw both CPU at 100%.
An AMD processor will also melt or catch fire if the CPU fan fails, whereas an Intel processor won't.
In the past.
Nowadays they have some sort of protection.
BTW I've already seen a couple of (old) Athlons with a failing fan; they run overheated probably for months with occasional system lockups, but they are now working good with a new fan.
I'll stop here, we are going OT (and flaming :)...
bye
av.
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