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Multi core processors

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:43 pm
by GeoffC
I have an EViews program I run frequently which takes about 10 minutes to execute. I'm running on a PC with an Intel I5 processor chip which has two cores and supports four threads. When my program is running the cpu is only about 25% utilised, which I presume means that EViews is only using one of the threads.

Is there any way to get EViews to use more than one thread?

Thanks
Geoff

Re: Multi core processors

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:05 pm
by EViews Gareth
You can't multi-thread an EViews program per se, but most of EViews' internal routines are multi-thread capable. However, EViews will only switch to using multiple threads when it is advantageous to do so. It is possible that you have turned multi-threading off on your copy (Options->General Options->Advanced System Options), however it is more likely that the internal routines you're using would not benefit from switching to multi-threading (i.e. they'd run slower).

Re: Multi core processors

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:32 am
by GeoffC
Thanks - Geoff