https://www.binaryfortress.com/HashTools/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=d68c368e-b3f7-45d2-b324-da546282ed74 HashTools RSS: multi-core optimizations? Mon, 11 May 2026 14:31:20 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.binaryfortress.com/HashTools/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=d68c368e-b3f7-45d2-b324-da546282ed74 https://www.binaryfortress.com/HashTools/Discussions/View/multi-core-optimizations/?ID=d68c368e-b3f7-45d2-b324-da546282ed74#5 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:09:36 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.binaryfortress.com/HashTools/Discussions/View/multi-core-optimizations/?ID=d68c368e-b3f7-45d2-b324-da546282ed74#5 HashTools Thanks for understanding. If we do come across a way to multi-thread with large performance gains we'll try our best to integrate it. ]]> https://www.binaryfortress.com/HashTools/Discussions/View/multi-core-optimizations/?ID=d68c368e-b3f7-45d2-b324-da546282ed74#4 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:34:41 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.binaryfortress.com/HashTools/Discussions/View/multi-core-optimizations/?ID=d68c368e-b3f7-45d2-b324-da546282ed74#4 HashTools And most people only calculate hashes for a single file to check the integrity of downloads anyway, so maybe it's not that big of a deal. ]]> https://www.binaryfortress.com/HashTools/Discussions/View/multi-core-optimizations/?ID=d68c368e-b3f7-45d2-b324-da546282ed74#3 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:32:37 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.binaryfortress.com/HashTools/Discussions/View/multi-core-optimizations/?ID=d68c368e-b3f7-45d2-b324-da546282ed74#3 HashTools The developer of that other software I think I mentioned say that in her tests, there is a performance advantage. No benchmark was made public though and no numbers given, but I suspect they didn't use SSDs. However your point is very reasonable and I see how it may not be worth the trouble.

Thank you for your time and for considering / answering my question. I'm sure I'll see in time that there's not much difference in the speed of both software. ]]> https://www.binaryfortress.com/HashTools/Discussions/View/multi-core-optimizations/?ID=d68c368e-b3f7-45d2-b324-da546282ed74#2 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:26:50 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.binaryfortress.com/HashTools/Discussions/View/multi-core-optimizations/?ID=d68c368e-b3f7-45d2-b324-da546282ed74#2 HashTools This is an interesting idea, but unfortunately the hash-generation library we're currently using doesn't support multiple threads per file. We could process multiple files simultaneously (one on each core), but the issue with this is disk I/O. For most people (those without SSD's), hashing is bottle-necked by the I/O system, not the CPU. ]]> https://www.binaryfortress.com/HashTools/Discussions/View/multi-core-optimizations/?ID=d68c368e-b3f7-45d2-b324-da546282ed74 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 09:21:05 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.binaryfortress.com/HashTools/Discussions/View/multi-core-optimizations/?ID=d68c368e-b3f7-45d2-b324-da546282ed74 HashTools Performance suggestion

I know making the hash-generation algorithms multi-threaded is probably not possible or too difficult probably, but could you at least generate hashes for multiple files in different concurrent threads? For example, if the CPU is dual-core, two threads would be running concurrently, hashing two files at a time (unless the files are on an optical drive of course).

I know that's a lot to ask, but I figure if ExactFile can do it, that this one should too. I really love HashTools of all (and there are a lot) the hash tools out there, mainly for its usability, intuitiveness and the minimal number of GUI elements.

It's already perfect, but this performance boost would mean a lot since we all know hash calculation takes a lot of processing (so it is time consuming) and it's a shame now that practically all CPUs are multi-core for that processing power to go to waste.

Please let us know whether there are any plans on doing that.

Thanks for your time and for the useful, productive and beautiful software you make. ]]>