Recent posts

#1

Process Lasso / Re: My E-cores makes me crazy

Last post by Manuel - Today at 03:15:36 PM

I imagine the SCIA developers would be responsive to this issue. Is there a reason to believe they won't be?

I'm pretty sure the developers are working on the problem, but it's already been 9 months since I reported this behavior to tech support and nothing has changed yet... they say it's going to be a long job.

I decided a couple of months ago that I would make do somehow and that's why I bought the Process Lasso license, I was sure I would be able to improve something.

I'll stay tuned to this discussion in case anything new comes along!

Thanks again Jeremy

Manuel

#2

Process Lasso / Re: My E-cores makes me crazy

Last post by Jeremy Collake - Today at 02:52:35 PM

Do you think this is a problem only with SCIA (and therefore I was very unlucky) or have you observed this behavior before in some other software?

It is very rare, but similar problems are not unheard of. Some legacy games, for instance, don't cope well with too many CPU cores.

You write that you will have to think about the solution... do you think it can be found without rewriting the software code of SCIA?

No elegantly. It would require API hooks and/or code patches to alter the behavior of the application.

I imagine the SCIA developers would be responsive to this issue. Is there a reason to believe they won't be?

#3

General / Blacksprut https://bs-gl-darkn...

Last post by WillieHor - Today at 02:48:54 PM

A fairly new player in the Russian darknet arena,  blacksprut Blacksprut has quickly gained attention for its interesting features and growing popularity. While some aspects raise questions, it has the potential to become a prominent figure in the darknet scene.
Features:
 
Blacksprut https://bs-gl-darknet.com offers an "Instant Transactions" feature, inspired by the success of similar systems on other platforms like Hydra. Couriers hide goods within the city and provide buyers with coordinates, adding an adventurous element to the purchasing process.

#4

Process Lasso / Re: My E-cores makes me crazy

Last post by Manuel - Today at 02:04:45 PM

(EDIT FROM JEREMY: I accidentally edited this post while replying and lost much of its original content)

Do you think this is a problem only with SCIA (and therefore I was very unlucky) or have you observed this behavior before in some other software?

You write that you will have to think about the solution... do you think it can be found without rewriting the software code of SCIA?

#5

Process Lasso / Re: My E-cores makes me crazy

Last post by Jeremy Collake - Today at 12:35:24 PM

After some experimentation, I found that the problem is the core count, rather than E-cores.

This effect is best seen on the 7950X3D. Reducing the number of cores by 1/2 decreases the calculation time by over 90%.

7950 with all 16 cores enabled, SCIA launches 111 threads and I stopped it at 360 seconds.
7950 with 8 cores enabled, SCIA launches 66 threads and it completed in about 35 seconds.
Intel i5-12600k with all cores enabled was able to complete the calculation in 35 seconds.

It seems likely that SCIA is launching an unnecessarily high number of threads, resulting in synchronization overhead, contention and/or an excess of context switching, thereby substantially reducing performance.

This is why no CPU affinity (or other) rules in Process Lasso have much effect. What *does* have an effect is reducing the number of launched threads, but afaik SCIA is using a hard-coded formula to compute the number of threads to launch based on the available core count.

I'll have to chew on this further and consider ways to resolve it. Ideally, they adjust the application or expose a setting to control the thread count, if one isn't available already.

#6

Process Lasso / Re: My E-cores makes me crazy

Last post by Matteo - Today at 06:56:09 AM

Hi everyone,

I have the same problem on my device with this calculation software, SCIA Engineer v24.0. I really hope there can be positive news soon to solve it.
I am looking forward to your valuable support.

Thank you in advance.

Matteo

#7

General / Re: Any one up for a Newbie?

Last post by dallasflynn - Today at 06:29:16 AM

When you have a specific question or issue you'd like assistance with, try to post it in the most relevant subsection or forum. This ensures your post gets seen by the right people who can provide the best guidance.

#8

Process Lasso / Re: Cpu % info

Last post by Jeremy Collake - Yesterday at 03:24:39 PM

Thank you, the explanation helped me better understand some things about the program.
So there isn't a column where the CPU usage for the single application is displayed like in the status bar (which is global) to know the actual usage of the single application?

Correct, the per-process CPU Utility is not currently shown, only CPU Time. However, you can extrapolate from CPU Time your biggest consumers.

#9

General / Re: Can't reconfigure the way ...

Last post by larkimpressive - May 29, 2024, 11:47:04 PM

I did not encounter this message during use. Is your browser blocking the execution of InstallHelper.exe?

slice master

#10

Process Lasso / Re: Cpu % info

Last post by Peppo - May 29, 2024, 04:13:59 PM

Thank you, the explanation helped me better understand some things about the program.
So there isn't a column where the CPU usage for the single application is displayed like in the status bar (which is global) to know the actual usage of the single application?