The ability in Linux to bind one or more processes to one or more processors, called CPU affinity, is a long-requested feature. The idea is to say “always run this process on processor one” or “run ...

Okay, you're the proud new owner of a new desktop or laptop computer running Windows XP or Windows Vista. Whether you realize it or not, it's more than likely to sport a spritely multi-core processor, ...

I find that for CPU-intensive tasks such as the Copernic Desktop Search indexer, better overall system behavior is obtainable by setting the CPU Affinity to one or other of the CPUs, as demonstrated ...