Download: Coreprio Installer Coreprio is Bitsum’s custom implementation of AMD’s Dynamic Local Mode. It is more configurable than AMD’s implementation, allowing the user to set the prioritized affinity, thread count and refresh rate. History When the high core count ThreadRipper 2990wx and 2970wx were developed, AMD had to make due with the 4 memory channels available in […]
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As of Process Lasso v9.0.0.522, NUMA nodes have been added to the CPU affinity dialogs. This is part of an on-going effort to improve manageability of high core count systems.
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UPDATE: Bitsum is testing our own Dynamic Local Mode implementation – See this forum thread for more information. Here at Bitsum we’ve been closely following the AMD Threadripper 2nd gen releases. As has been well reported on tech sites, the core heavy 2990wx and 2970wX have an unusual configuration where only 2 of the 4 dies […]
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As systems with more than 64 logical CPU cores (aka threads) become common, it is important to understand some fundamental limitations of Windows. When Windows NT was conceived, a 64-bit bitmask was used to represent CPU affinities throughout the system. This seemed like plenty of bit space for the single-core CPUs in use at the […]
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>> Download Ultimate Performance Installer (v0.0.1.0) Microsoft announced the Ultimate Performance power plan to be part of Windows 10 for Workstations at version 1803 and above. This new plan disables core parking and CPU frequency scaling on AC power – just like our years old Bitsum Highest Performance power plan. For those that want the original Ultimate […]
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The latest Windows 10 for Workstations build features a new ‘Ultimate Performance‘ power plan to deal with potential micro-latencies. Sound familiar? Yes, here at Bitsum we’ve had the ‘Bitsum Highest Performance‘ power plan for years. It seems somebody important finally caught on. While I have mixed feelings any time Microsoft starts to encroach, I do […]
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