cinder::System Class Reference

Queries system software and hardware capabilities of the computer. Values are cached so there is low overhead in calling these functions more than once. More...

#include <System.h>

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Static Public Member Functions

static bool hasSse2 ()
 Returns whether the system supports the SSE2 instruction set.
static bool hasSse3 ()
 Returns whether the system supports the SSE3 instruction set.
static bool hasSse4_1 ()
 Returns whether the system supports the SSE4.1 instruction set.
static bool hasSse4_2 ()
 Returns whether the system supports the SSE4.2 instruction set.
static bool hasX86_64 ()
 Returns whether the system supports the x86-64 instruction set.
static int getNumCpus ()
 Returns the number of physical processors in the system. A single processor dual core machine returns 1.
static int getNumCores ()
 Returns the number of cores (or logical processors) in the system. A single processor dual core machine returns 2.
static int getOsMajorVersion ()
static int getOsMinorVersion ()
static int getOsBugFixVersion ()

Detailed Description

Queries system software and hardware capabilities of the computer. Values are cached so there is low overhead in calling these functions more than once.


Member Function Documentation

bool cinder::System::hasSse2 (  )  [static]

Returns whether the system supports the SSE2 instruction set.

bool cinder::System::hasSse3 (  )  [static]

Returns whether the system supports the SSE3 instruction set.

bool cinder::System::hasSse4_1 (  )  [static]

Returns whether the system supports the SSE4.1 instruction set.

bool cinder::System::hasSse4_2 (  )  [static]

Returns whether the system supports the SSE4.2 instruction set.

bool cinder::System::hasX86_64 (  )  [static]

Returns whether the system supports the x86-64 instruction set.

int cinder::System::getNumCpus (  )  [static]

Returns the number of physical processors in the system. A single processor dual core machine returns 1.

int cinder::System::getNumCores (  )  [static]

Returns the number of cores (or logical processors) in the system. A single processor dual core machine returns 2.

int cinder::System::getOsMajorVersion (  )  [static]

Returns the major version of the operating system. For version 10.5.8, this is 10. For Windows Vista this is 6. Refer to the MSDN documentation for the OSVERSIONINFOEX struct for Windows meanings

int cinder::System::getOsMinorVersion (  )  [static]

Returns the minor version of the operating system. For version 10.5.8, this is 5. For Windows Vista this is 0. Refer to the MSDN documentation for the OSVERSIONINFOEX struct for Windows meanings

int cinder::System::getOsBugFixVersion (  )  [static]

Returns the bugfix version of the operating system. For version 10.5.8, this is 8. For Windows this corresponds to the major version of the service pack. So Service Pack 2 returns 2


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