High CPU usage in Eclipse when idle

Question

On my multicore machine, Eclipse uses between 100 and 250 % CPU power, even when idling on a new plain install and an empty workspace. When actually doing things, it becomes slo

Answer 1

Was facing the same issue, Passed following VM Argument in eclipse and it worked fine for me.

-Xmx1300m -XX:PermSize=256m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m