reduce number of threads to prevent overhead slowdown with LJ model running on cpu#506
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CompRhys merged 2 commits intoTorchSim:mainfrom Mar 17, 2026
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Summary
When running the tests on my machine, torch uses all available cpu cores (96 on my cluster), which makes the code extremely slow to run with LJ model on cpu. Limiting the number of threads greatly accelerate the pytest (1min30 versus more than 10min without this line).
I let you reproduce this on your machine.
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