By: Michael S (already5chosen.delete@this.yahoo.com), May 13, 2013 12:43 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Doug S (foo.delete@this.bar.bar) on May 12, 2013 8:27 pm wrote:
> Ricardo B (ricardo.b.delete@this.xxxxx.xx) on May 12, 2013 5:54 pm wrote:
> > * browsers are moving to a process per tab model
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> So that implies that we should have processors with a hardware thread for every process that wants to run?
> If you have a browser that's capable of maxing out 4 cores your problem is NOT that you need more hardware
> threads, your problem is that the browser is poorly coded, the pages are poorly coded, or that flash sucks.
It's (2) nearly 100% of the time. Why you even mention factors (1) and (3), their effect is negligible.
> Ricardo B (ricardo.b.delete@this.xxxxx.xx) on May 12, 2013 5:54 pm wrote:
> > * browsers are moving to a process per tab model
>
>
> So that implies that we should have processors with a hardware thread for every process that wants to run?
> If you have a browser that's capable of maxing out 4 cores your problem is NOT that you need more hardware
> threads, your problem is that the browser is poorly coded, the pages are poorly coded, or that flash sucks.
It's (2) nearly 100% of the time. Why you even mention factors (1) and (3), their effect is negligible.
