I am using a Samsung NP350V5C-S06IN Laptop for Machine Learning related data processing. Specifications: (3rd Gen Ci7 (2.3 GHz)/ 8GB RAM / Win7 HP/ 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7670M Graphics Card)
Running a computation intensive algorithm like RF or GBM takes a lot of time -4hrs to 6hrs. However when I monitor the system while the process is running through the Task Manager, I observe that the utilization of each of the 8 cores is very low ~15%-20% percent only at any given moment. Is there any way I can increase the utilization of each of the cores to make my processing faster?
Specific Questions: Can installing Hadoop will help me to enhance utilization and processing speed? Is there any way to utilize the Graphics Card and its 2 GB memory?