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Problem is windows support for this many cores is still a problem. On a Linux server, sure we've been using multi-socket motherboards w/ high core count CPUs fo

Problem is windows support for this many cores is still a problem. On a Linux server, sure we've been using multi-socket motherboards w/ high core count CPUs for years. But many applications (eg; Microsoft Edge) still crash w/ 16 cores.

merinowool 8y ago
I have Intel's 20 core CPU and never had problems.
- akvadrako 8y ago
  My guess is it's a timing bug that likely exists with any number of cores, but becomes more likely the higher the parallelism.
  - tjoff 8y ago
    My guess is it's something else entirely specific to that system. Really weird to just single out many cores as the cause. It is also just one application that barely has anything to do with windows anyway. There has never been a lack of multiple-cpus nor many-cores (and 16 isn't even many) on windows as the post implies either.
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glenneroo 8y ago
So all those 1/2 CPU Xeon servers with 16+ cores running Windows and which don't crash are just an anomaly? I wouldn't be so quick to judge. I would guess that your case is the anomaly. Anecdotally speaking, as admin to several 12 and 24 core dual CPU systems running Windows 7/10, my first guess would be that you have some other issue e.g. faulty stick of RAM (have you run memtest86?), a bad driver or the most common cause of crashes: a bug in the code, which only happens in certain specific cases such as "while Skype is running in the background".
JoshuaJB 8y ago
Hey, I work on the web platform team at Microsoft. Do you have any more information about this? I'm not sure this is a bug that we're aware of. If you've personally experienced the bug, could you pull the Windows build number (Settings->System->About) and send it to t-jobak (at) microsoft.com along with the steps to reproduce (if any)? We'd really appreciate it and might be able to get a fix out in the next release.

merinowool 8y ago

I have Intel's 20 core CPU and never had problems.

akvadrako 8y ago
My guess is it's a timing bug that likely exists with any number of cores, but becomes more likely the higher the parallelism.
- tjoff 8y ago
  My guess is it's something else entirely specific to that system. Really weird to just single out many cores as the cause. It is also just one application that barely has anything to do with windows anyway. There has never been a lack of multiple-cpus nor many-cores (and 16 isn't even many) on windows as the post implies either.

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glenneroo 8y ago

So all those 1/2 CPU Xeon servers with 16+ cores running Windows and which don't crash are just an anomaly? I wouldn't be so quick to judge. I would guess that your case is the anomaly. Anecdotally speaking, as admin to several 12 and 24 core dual CPU systems running Windows 7/10, my first guess would be that you have some other issue e.g. faulty stick of RAM (have you run memtest86?), a bad driver or the most common cause of crashes: a bug in the code, which only happens in certain specific cases such as "while Skype is running in the background".

JoshuaJB 8y ago

Hey, I work on the web platform team at Microsoft. Do you have any more information about this? I'm not sure this is a bug that we're aware of. If you've personally experienced the bug, could you pull the Windows build number (Settings->System->About) and send it to t-jobak (at) microsoft.com along with the steps to reproduce (if any)? We'd really appreciate it and might be able to get a fix out in the next release.