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Supporting Systems That Have More Than 64 Processors: Guidelines for Developers

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Overview The 64-bit versions of Windows 7 support more than 64 logical processors on a single machine. This paper provides information about the changes that some applications and drivers that run on Windows require to support this expanded number of processors. In the Windows 7 operating system, the 64-bit kernel supports more than 64 logical processors. To scale up to support this expanded number of processors, some applications and Windows kernel-mode components require modification. This paper describes the terminology, architecture, and concepts that Windows 7 introduces to support more than 64 logical processors and provides information about the modifications that software might require.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	November 2008
Format	White Papers
Topics	Processors

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Mobility: Make The Case

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Activate Today!Realize ROI with IntelÂ® vPro Technology and Microsoft System Configuration Manager

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Intel

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portable computers

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portable computers

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Xbox goes online... with Linux

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Gates: Make the move to the 64-bit desktop

Using the operating system in 64-bit mode improves performance by 20 per cent on average, according to the company. By the end of next year, virtually all of Advanced Micro Devices' processors will be 64-bit chips, and most Intel chips shipped at...

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Desktops
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64-bit,
winhec,
gates

'Open Source Solaris' - coming soon, from Sun

In particular, the open source project is aimed at developers and academics who will be able to make modifications to the code, Sun executives said. That upgrade will let the automatic diagnostic tools spot processor, memory, or input/output...

Torvalds issues new Linux kernel

Linus Torvalds released a new Linux kernel on Monday that supports features in IBM's Cell processor, includes Oracle software for clustered databases and improves how the open source operating system runs on multiprocessor systems.

Idle Vista PCs 'to send themselves to sleep'

Dean DeWhitt, a director in the Windows kernel team at Microsoft, said: "This is energy [consumed] when you are not even using the PC. By adding the new sleep option, businesses can wake machines to install security updates, while letting them...

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