for multi core/cpu support just a quick quote from the distributed.net client > [Jun 03 18:34:18 UTC] Automatic processor type detection found an Intel Core 2 processor. > [Jun 03 18:34:18 UTC] OGR-P2: using core #3 (GARSP 6.0-asm-rt1-mmx). > [Jun 03 18:34:18 UTC] OGR-P2 #a: Loaded 25/4-1-69-9-7 > [Jun 03 18:34:18 UTC] OGR-P2 #b: Loaded 25/4-1-69-9-13 > 2 processes running at 100% each