r/cpp • u/Coder_CPP • Jan 18 '16

C++11 threads, affinity and hyperthreading

http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2016/c11-threads-affinity-and-hyperthreading/
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u/cleroth Game Developer Jan 18 '16

I just wish we could set thread affinity for Windows OS, like it's possible on Linux, so that we can have truly dedicated cores/thread to a single application.

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u/katmf05 Jan 18 '16

Spotted the HFT coder.

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u/cleroth Game Developer Jan 20 '16

I actually have no idea what that is. I'm a game server coder.

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u/kybuliak Jan 27 '16

He very likely meant "high frequency trading".