Process Lasso Forced Mode Screenshot

New Docs on Forced Mode

This is an update as we work to refine product documentation in all languages. Process Lasso’s Forced Mode is now documented here. Forced Mode When enabled, Process Lasso’s Forced Mode causes Lasso settings such as process priority classes and CPU affinities to be continually reapplied, instead of only performed once on a given instance of a […]

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Process Lasso FAQ

How free is Process Lasso? Please see this page. Which edition do I need, Workstation or Server? The Process Lasso installer automatically detects and installs the correct edition, so it doesn’t matter which download you choose. Process Lasso Server Edition will always install on all Windows Server operating systems, and Process Lasso Workstation Edition will install otherwise, e.g. on Windows 10/11. The only […]

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CoreDirector app

CoreDirector

CoreDirector is a free Windows application to keep specified processes from being scheduled to efficient cores (E-cores), thereby keeping them on performant cores (P-cores). This allows improved performance in demanding applications, such as gaming, audio production, video editing, and streaming.

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Process Lasso's Instance Balancer Rule Config Dialog Screenshot

Process Lasso 11.1 – Instance Balancer and Translations

This release extends the Instance Balancer feature, improves translations, and further polishes the v11.0 release last month.

Process Lasso’s Instance Balancer is commonly used to spread multiple instances of an application over the CPU, giving each instance a dedicated set of CPU cores. It can also be used to spread distinct applications across the CPU using advanced process match patterns.

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CPU Sets Selection Dialog

Process Lasso 10.4 – CPU Sets and Alder Lake

This exciting release of Process Lasso v10.4 adds CPU Sets and Intel 12th Gen support! CPU Sets are a ‘softer’ form of CPU Affinities. Instead of a hard contract, they are a suggestion of preferred CPU cores. The OS will try to abide by a CPU Set, but has discretion to schedule outside the Set. CPU Sets may often be a better choice than traditional ‘strong’ CPU Affinities.

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Processor Group Extender

On Windows systems with more than one processor group (>64 logical CPU cores), this novel algorithm enables group unaware applications to make use of the full CPU, instead of being constrained to a single processor group. The Processor Group Extender accomplishes this by dynamically assigning active threads to supplemental processor groups as required. The Processor […]

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