Monitoring, anticipating, and reacting to server load is a full time job in some organizations. Unexpected spikes in resource usage can indicate a software or hardware problem. Gradual increases over ...

How do you tell how much load is on a CPU? On a desktop or laptop, the OS usually has some kind of gadget to display the basics. On a microcontroller, though, you’ll have to roll your own CPU load ...

Hi all, I've got an EVGA Hadron rig with an NVIDIA GTX 780, Intel i7-4770K, and some RAM, SSDs, CCL on the CPU, etc. I'm running with the 500W Gold 80 PSU that comes default with the case. When stress ...

I have a Proxmox host with an i5 6600T CPU (4C4T part with base clock of 2.7GHz, and max Turbo of 3.5GHz). Proxmox install is PVE8, with a couple of VMs and another couple of CTs. Performance is ...

If you ever develop an embedded system in a corporate environment, someone will probably tell you that you can only use 80% of the CPU or some other made-up number. The theory is that you will need ...

Do you think your computer is running a little slow lately? Or there is some problem with the processing speed. You might want to take it to a service center to get it checked, but before doing that, ...

We continue to report on an issue where processor load spikes to inordinate levels when the "Windows Sharing" function is turned on in the Sharing pane of System Preferences. The problem is ...

Better performance doesn't always mean newer hardware.

Part 1 of this series outlines the CPU time-allocation problem, some constraints, and a hands-free phone simulation model. Part 2 goes into hands-free phone simulation code development. Without using ...