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Will SolidWorks run on multiple CPU cores in the future?

Question asked by Steven Atkinson on Feb 22, 2011
Latest reply on Feb 24, 2011 by Charles Culp

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As we all probably realise SolidWorks only runs on one CPU which is a limitation of the current Parasolid Kernel.

Matt Lombard (The Author of the SolidWorks Bible series) raises some interesting comments on where this could go (link below).

www.dezignstuff.com/blog/?p=4026

Will SolidWorks upgrade its Kernel to run the Catia V6 Kernel. (see link below)

www.deelip.com/?p=5327

Or will the Parasolid Kernel be rehashed to run on multiple CPU's? (see link below)

http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/about_us/newsroom/press/press_release.cfm?Component=115585&ComponentTemplate=822

I hope SolidWorks Corp can shed some light on the future direction, as we cannot keep going down the single processor path.

See also SolidWorks enhancement request Number 1-1976905886

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Jeff Holliday Feb 24, 2011 3:22 PM

I doubt that you will get a satisfactory answer to your question regarding multi-cores. If I were SWorks, I don't think I would comment very much on when/whether it will happen because the answer will NEVER satisfy all users.

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Charles Culp Feb 24, 2011 3:36 PM

SolidWorks V6 is slated to greatly increase productivity. Infer from that what you want. It does involve some sort of a kernel paradigm shift, although what that means is not yet public.

Don't expect to get any advanced notification. I expect a big public announcement shortly before they are ready to ship. And by ship, I mean take subscriptions for their online service, as it may be.

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I doubt that you will get a satisfactory answer to your question regarding multi-cores. If I were SWorks, I don't think I would comment very much on when/whether it will happen because the answer will NEVER satisfy all users.
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SolidWorks V6 is slated to greatly increase productivity. Infer from that what you want. It does involve some sort of a kernel paradigm shift, although what that means is not yet public.

Don't expect to get any advanced notification. I expect a big public announcement shortly before they are ready to ship. And by ship, I mean take subscriptions for their online service, as it may be.
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