Processor scheduling is the allocation of a computer's processor power to specific tasks. The practice uses the term "scheduling" because it assigns a specific percentage of time the processor is ...

For developers, threading is an important issue that impacts game performance. Here's how task scheduling works in Apple Silicon games. Demands on GPU and CPUs are some of the most compute-intensive ...

Depending on the usage of your Windows 11/10 computer, you can configure processor scheduling, so that it gives you the best performance while using Programs or for Background Processes. You can make ...

Windows is essentially working because of its services. A large number of services running the background facilitate your daily tasks and operations. Some of these services are compiled into EXE files ...

There have been many reports, especially with MacBook Air and other laptop owners, where the Mac OS X "kernel_task" process takes up a large amount of CPU when checked in Activity Monitor. When this ...

Windows Task Scheduler is a powerful tool, but it can often be fraught with annoyances. It's notorious for failing to run when it's supposed to, and that's compounded by the fact that it sometimes ...

Apple’s M1 processor is a world-class desktop and laptop processor—but when it comes to general-purpose end-user systems, there’s something even better than being fast. We’re referring, of course, to ...

The key concepts of RTOS schedulers were covered in a previous article. Here we will look at the facilities offered by Nucleus RTOS and, in much more detail, those provided by Nucleus SE. Since ...