Tag Archives: time resolution

Windows Timer Resolution: The Great Rule Change

Posted on January 29, 2021 by brucedawson

The behavior of the Windows scheduler changed significantly in Windows 10 2004 (aka, the April 2020 version of Windows), in a way that will break a few applications, and there appears to have been no announcement, and the documentation has … Continue reading →

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Windows Timer Resolution: The Great Rule Change

Posted on October 4, 2020 by brucedawson

The behavior of the Windows scheduler changed significantly in Windows 10 2004 (aka, the April 2020 version of Windows), in a way that will break a few applications, and there appears to have been no announcement, and the documentation has … Continue reading →

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Windows Timer Resolution: Megawatts Wasted

Posted on July 8, 2013 by brucedawson

The default timer resolution on Windows is 15.6 ms – a timer interrupt 64 times a second. When programs increase the timer frequency they increase power consumption and harm battery life. They also waste more compute power than I would … Continue reading →

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Don’t Store That in a Float

Posted on February 13, 2012 by brucedawson

I promised in my last post to show an example of the importance of knowing how much precision a float has at a particular value. Here goes. As a general rule this type of data should never be stored in … Continue reading →

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