[electromagnetic]

Flash only runs on a single core, and most Atom's have the same processing size as a core on my Core 2 (1.66ghz x 2). This means any very intensive flash will still max out a processor, which is why flash urgently needs to implement hyperthreading to alleviate this process, until it does it's in risk of replacement in some areas of its market.

[blasdel]

You clearly have no idea what you're talking about re: concurrency. If mentioning cores repeatedly (and summing their clock rates) wasn't enough of a giveaway, proposing Hyperthreading in userspace is just hilarious.

The problem with flash is not that it's single-threaded -- it's because NSAPI plugins run in (and block) the main() thread!

[utku_karatas2]

I guess you mean NPAPI.

[pkulak]

Adobe really needs to hyperthread their Grand Central dispatch cores with Erlang or they're not going to get anywhere.

[jws]

Atoms do not perform as much work per cycle as the Core 2 series. They are still at a disadvantage.

[jrockway]

Indeed. My few-year-old Core 2 duo @ 1.44Ghz (I think) is much faster than my newish Atom netbook. Power and cost savings does not come for free.