R does not parallelize its operation automatically... you have to use R code that splits the work you give it into multiple tasks.
See ?parallel --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. Franckx Laurent <laurent.fran...@vito.be> wrote: >I am currently running an R program on a computer with 16 Gb memory >(Windows7, 64 bit). When I look at the task manager, I see that only 4 >out of the 8 CPUs are being used. Is this due to some missing in the R >code, or should I change something to the settings of the computer? > > >Laurent Franckx, PhD >Expert >VITO NV >Boeretang 200, 2400 MOL, Belgium >Tel. + 32 14 33 58 22 >Skype: laurent.franckx >laurent.fran...@vito.be >Visit our website: www.vito.be/english and http://www.vito.be/transport > > > > > > > >http://www.vito.be/e-maildisclaimer > >______________________________________________ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.