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Running one OS per core

I'm interested in using a COTS board like the Wandboard for a project. On one hand I'd like to use something like Ubuntu for user interaction, sounds, TCP/IP stuff, etc. But I also need an RTOS like ...
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Java uses max 8 cores on Debian, even though 16 are available [closed]

I have two servers at hand, both with 16 cores. The first is running Debian, the second running Ubuntu. I have written a small multithreaded java app that creates 16 threads. On the Debian machine, ...
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How to find out how many cores (including emulated via HT and such) are avaliable to user?

I wonder how to get how many cores (including emulated via HT and such) are avaliable to user via bash shell-script command?
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Should I disable hyperthreading when concerned about performance of single-threaded applications?

I use a i5-2410M processor, which is setup to do hyperthreading by default on my laptop. Considering that this is a 2-core processor, this means it can do 4 threads at a time. This also means that ...