7-Zip on multi-core computers

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Published on 2010-05-17T09:41:19Z Indexed on 2010/05/17 9:52 UTC
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Does 7-Zip take advantage of multiprocessor or multi-core systems?

For example, would there be a close to 16 times speed-up on a 16 core system assuming no disk or memory bottlenecks?

Or is it is limited to 2 threads (2 times speed-up on systems with more than one CPU or core)?

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