Subj : Re: Dual core and Multithreading To : comp.programming.threads From : Chris Thomasson Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 10:28 pm > Is it possible for one single process consisting of two threads to let > one thread run on one core and the other one on the other core? Operating system specific. Windows allows you to: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/setthreadaffinitymask.asp You have to be very careful here. You can adversely affect performance. Generally, only high-speed distributed designs use such functions. .