# Equihash - ongoing memory requirement adjustments?

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/equihash-ongoing-memory-requirement-adjustments/519>\
**Category:** Mining Support\
**Created:** [April 15, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/equihash-ongoing-memory-requirement-adjustments/519 "2016-04-15T19:37:51Z")\
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I would not expect using hyperthreads (i.e. more threads than the number of cores) to get much, if any, speed-up. There will be too much resource contention.

But yes, genproclimit will use as many threads as is set, regardless of the number of cores.

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