MapInfo Pro runs some operations in parallel, using more than one CPU or processor core at the same time. This improves the processing time when buffering an object in a table or selection, and with overlay operations (such as Split Target, Erase Target, Erase Outside Target, Split Target using Polyline, and Overlay Nodes onto Target). You can turn this off, or specify that a percentage of the processors on your system run concurrent operations.
By default, MapInfo Pro has full concurrency turned on, but you can select the level of concurrency as a software preference:
- None – a single processor performs the operation. This option provides the least amount of processing speed.
- Moderate – 25% of the processors on your system perform the operation.
- Intermediate – 50% of the processors on your system perform the operation.
- Aggressive – 75% of the processors on your system perform the operation.
- Full – all processors on your system perform the operation. This is the default setting with which MapInfo Pro installs.
To change the default concurrency setting:
- On the PRO tab, click Options, and Performance to open the Performance Settings dialog box.
- Select a concurrency setting from the Concurrency Level list.
- Click OK to close the dialog and save your settings.
When concurrency is set, MapInfo Pro divides the processing to multiple cores that simultaneously perform the operation.
See also, Concurrency Level.