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Is Eagle multi-threaded?

e14 Contributor
e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

If I install eagle on a linux or Mac SMP system, will it take advantage

of the multiple processors?

 

Thanks,

    - Chuck

 

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    Chuck Huber <chuck.huber@dukepro.com> wrote:

    On 09/20/2011 07:10 AM, Richard Hammerl wrote:

    Am 19.09.2011 19:40, schrieb Richard Herman:

    >> Op Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:00:14 +0200 schreef Chuck Huber

    >> <chuck.huber@dukepro.com>:

    >>

    >>> If I install eagle on a linux or Mac SMP system, will it take advantage

    >>> of the multiple processors?

    >>

    >> To quote Cadsoft's Jorge Garcia from a thread a few days back: "...

    >> EAGLE is exactly the same across all three major Os's.

    ...

    >> So I think the answer should be no.

    ...

    Your answer is correct, EAGLE currently does not support more than

    one core.

     

    Hmmm... Interesting...  Come to think of it, there aren't many places

    where multiple threads are needed.  I could see multiple threads when

    rendering layers then alpha blend the multiple results into one

    display.  I can also see multi thread use when running CAM jobs - one

    per section.  But for the most part, eagle runs at the user's speed.

    Wise use of an AGP would probably be the best area in which to focus

    speed-up efforts.

     

    Online DRC check in the vincinity of the thing you move/draw would be

    of great help...

    --

    Uwe Bonnes                bon@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de

     

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago in reply to Richard_H

    On 09/20/2011 07:10 AM, Richard Hammerl wrote:

    Am 19.09.2011 19:40, schrieb Richard Herman:

    >> Op Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:00:14 +0200 schreef Chuck Huber

    >> <chuck.huber@dukepro.com>:

    >>

    >>> If I install eagle on a linux or Mac SMP system, will it take advantage

    >>> of the multiple processors?

    >>

    >> To quote Cadsoft's Jorge Garcia from a thread a few days back: "...

    >> EAGLE is exactly the same across all three major Os's.

    ...

    >> So I think the answer should be no.

    ...

    Your answer is correct, EAGLE currently does not support more than

    one core.

     

    Hmmm... Interesting...  Come to think of it, there aren't many places

    where multiple threads are needed.  I could see multiple threads when

    rendering layers then alpha blend the multiple results into one

    display.  I can also see multi thread use when running CAM jobs - one

    per section.  But for the most part, eagle runs at the user's speed.

    Wise use of an AGP would probably be the best area in which to focus

    speed-up efforts.

     

    POSIX threads and POSIX mutexes are supported on all three platforms,

    but as was mentioned earlier, handling multiple threads is a non-trivial

    matter.

     

    Enjoy,

        - Chuck

     

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    Richard_H over 14 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    Am 19.09.2011 19:40, schrieb Richard Herman:

    Op Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:00:14 +0200 schreef Chuck Huber

    <chuck.huber@dukepro.com>:

     

    >> If I install eagle on a linux or Mac SMP system, will it take advantage

    >> of the multiple processors?

     

    To quote Cadsoft's Jorge Garcia from a thread a few days back: "...

    EAGLE is exactly the same across all three major Os's. All of the muscle

    your machines have is futile because EAGLE can't make use of multiple

    cores(this is true of most commercial software today, parallization

    isn't the easiest thing to manage)"

     

    So I think the answer should be no.

     

    HTH

     

    Richard

     

     

    Your answer is correct, EAGLE currently does not support more than

    one core.

     

    --

    Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards

    Richard Hammerl

      CadSoft Support -- hotline@cadsoft.de

      FAQ: http://www.cadsoft.de/training/faq/

     

     

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

    Op Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:00:14 +0200 schreef Chuck Huber 

    <chuck.huber@dukepro.com>:

     

    If I install eagle on a linux or Mac SMP system, will it take advantage

    of the multiple processors?

     

    To quote Cadsoft's Jorge Garcia from a thread a few days back: "... EAGLE 

    is exactly the same across all three major Os's. All of the muscle your 

    machines have is futile because EAGLE can't make use of multiple 

    cores(this is true of most commercial software today, parallization isn't 

    the easiest thing to manage)"

     

    So I think the answer should be no.

     

    HTH

     

    Richard

     

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