diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e3db6c6..8fc6cc9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,9 +102,14 @@ endif()
 
 if(IPCL_ENABLE_OMP)
 	add_compile_definitions(IPCL_USE_OMP)
-    if(IPCL_THREAD_COUNT)
-	    add_compile_definitions(IPCL_NUM_THREADS=${IPCL_THREAD_COUNT})
+  ipcl_get_core_thread_count(num_cores num_threads num_nodes)
+  if(IPCL_THREAD_COUNT)
+    # if thread_count is invalid, set to maximum threads
+    if(IPCL_THREAD_COUNT GREATER num_threads)
+      set(IPCL_THREAD_COUNT ${num_threads})
     endif()
+    add_compile_definitions(IPCL_NUM_THREADS=${IPCL_THREAD_COUNT})
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if(IPCL_DETECT_CPU_RUNTIME)
@@ -112,22 +117,22 @@ if(IPCL_DETECT_CPU_RUNTIME)
   add_compile_definitions(IPCL_RUNTIME_DETECT_CPU_FEATURES)
   set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH};$ORIGIN/cpufeatures")
 else()
+  # set cpu node count parsed from lscpu precompile
+  add_compile_definitions(IPCL_NUM_NODES=${num_nodes})
+
   # check whether cpu support avx512ifma instructions
-  ipcl_detect_lscpu_flag("avx512ifma" FALSE)
+  ipcl_detect_lscpu_flag("avx512ifma")
   if(IPCL_FOUND_avx512ifma)
     add_compile_definitions(IPCL_CRYPTO_MB_MOD_EXP)
-    message(STATUS "Support AVX512IFMA instruction: True")
   endif()
 
   # check whether cpu support rdseed/rdrand instructions
-  ipcl_detect_lscpu_flag("rdseed" FALSE)
+  ipcl_detect_lscpu_flag("rdseed")
   if(IPCL_FOUND_rdseed)
-    message(STATUS "Support RDSEED instruction: True")
     add_compile_definitions(IPCL_RNG_INSTR_RDSEED)
   else()
-    ipcl_detect_lscpu_flag("rdrand" FALSE)
+    ipcl_detect_lscpu_flag("rdrand")
     if(IPCL_FOUND_rdrand)
-      message(STATUS "Support RDRAND instruction: True")
       add_compile_definitions(IPCL_RNG_INSTR_RDRAND)
     else()
       message(WARNING
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 932bf11..03cfcea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,21 +60,17 @@ The following libraries and tools are also required,
 ```
 nasm >= 2.15
 OpenSSL >= 1.1.0
-numa >= 2.0.12
 ```
 
-On Ubuntu, ```OpenSSL``` and ```numa``` can be installed with:
+```OpenSSL``` can be installed with:
 ```bash
-sudo apt update
-sudo apt install nasm # for Ubuntu 20.04 or higher
-sudo apt install libssl-dev libnuma-dev
+# Ubuntu
+sudo apt install libssl-dev
+# Fedora (RHEL 8, Centos)
+sudo dnf install openssl-devel
 ```
-For Ubuntu 18.04, RHEL and CentOS, please refer to the [Netwide Assembler webpage](https://nasm.us/) for installation details.
 
-For RHEL and CentOS, the required libraries can be installed via:
-```
-sudo yum install numactl-devel openssl-devel
-```
+In order to install ```nasm```, please refer to the [Netwide Assembler webpage](https://nasm.us/) for download and installation details.
 
 ### Instructions
 The library can be built using the following commands:
diff --git a/cmake/ipcl/ipcl-util.cmake b/cmake/ipcl/ipcl-util.cmake
index 625c150..65c1a74 100644
--- a/cmake/ipcl/ipcl-util.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ipcl/ipcl-util.cmake
@@ -31,19 +31,15 @@ function(ipcl_create_archive target dependency)
 endfunction()
 
 
-function(ipcl_detect_lscpu_flag flag verbose)
+function(ipcl_detect_lscpu_flag flag)
   # Detect IFMA by parsing lscpu
   set(LSCPU_FLAG ${flag})
   execute_process(COMMAND lscpu COMMAND grep ${LSCPU_FLAG} OUTPUT_VARIABLE LSCPU_FLAG)
   if("${LSCPU_FLAG}" STREQUAL "")
-    if(verbose)
-      message(STATUS "Support ${flag}: False")
-    endif()
+    message(STATUS "Support ${flag}: False")
     set(IPCL_FOUND_${flag} FALSE PARENT_SCOPE)
   else()
-    if(verbose)
-      message(STATUS "Support ${flag}: True")
-    endif()
+    message(STATUS "Support ${flag}: True")
     set(IPCL_FOUND_${flag} TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
   endif()
 endfunction()
@@ -118,3 +114,31 @@ function(ipcl_define_icp_variables OutVariable)
                   ${ICP_API_DIR}/include/lac
                   PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
+
+function(ipcl_get_core_thread_count cores threads nodes)
+  include(ProcessorCount)
+
+  # Get number threads
+  ProcessorCount(n_threads)
+  set(${threads} ${n_threads} PARENT_SCOPE)
+  message(STATUS "# of threads:               ${n_threads}")
+
+  # check hyperthreading
+  execute_process(COMMAND cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/active OUTPUT_VARIABLE IS_HYPERTHREADING OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+  if("${IS_HYPERTHREADING}" STREQUAL "1")
+    math(EXPR n_cores "${n_threads} / 2" )
+    set(${cores} ${n_cores} PARENT_SCOPE)
+  else()
+    set(n_cores ${n_threads})
+  endif()
+
+  set(${cores} ${n_cores} PARENT_SCOPE)
+  message(STATUS "# of physical cores:        ${n_cores}")
+
+  # check number of nodes
+  execute_process(COMMAND lscpu COMMAND grep Socket OUTPUT_VARIABLE output_nodes OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+  string(REGEX MATCHALL "([^\ ]+\ |[^\ ]+$)" output_nodes_list "${output_nodes}")
+  list(GET output_nodes_list -1 n_nodes)
+  message(STATUS "# of nodes:                 ${n_nodes}")
+  set(${nodes} ${n_nodes} PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
diff --git a/ipcl/CMakeLists.txt b/ipcl/CMakeLists.txt
index 57ddf25..b3a9e07 100644
--- a/ipcl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ipcl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ set(IPCL_SRCS pri_key.cpp
               utils/context.cpp
               utils/util.cpp
               utils/common.cpp
+              utils/parse_cpuinfo.cpp
 )
 
 if(IPCL_SHARED)
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ endif()
 
 find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
-target_link_libraries(ipcl PUBLIC OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto Threads::Threads -lnuma)
+target_link_libraries(ipcl PUBLIC OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto Threads::Threads)
 
 if(IPCL_ENABLE_OMP)
   find_package(OpenMP REQUIRED)
diff --git a/ipcl/include/ipcl/utils/parse_cpuinfo.hpp b/ipcl/include/ipcl/utils/parse_cpuinfo.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0313c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipcl/include/ipcl/utils/parse_cpuinfo.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+#ifndef IPCL_INCLUDE_IPCL_UTILS_PARSE_CPUINFO_HPP_
+#define IPCL_INCLUDE_IPCL_UTILS_PARSE_CPUINFO_HPP_
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <exception>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace ipcl {
+// trim from start (in place)
+static inline void ltrim(std::string& s) {
+  s.erase(s.begin(), std::find_if(s.begin(), s.end(), [](unsigned char ch) {
+            return !std::isspace(ch);
+          }));
+}
+
+// trim from end (in place)
+static inline void rtrim(std::string& s) {
+  s.erase(std::find_if(s.rbegin(), s.rend(),
+                       [](unsigned char ch) { return !std::isspace(ch); })
+              .base(),
+          s.end());
+}
+
+static inline void trim(std::string& s) {
+  ltrim(s);
+  rtrim(s);
+}
+
+typedef struct {
+  int n_processors = 0;
+  int n_cores = 0;
+  int n_nodes = 0;
+} linuxCPUInfo;
+
+static void parseCPUInfo(linuxCPUInfo& info) {
+  std::ifstream cpuinfo;
+  cpuinfo.exceptions(std::ifstream::badbit);
+
+  try {
+    cpuinfo.open("/proc/cpuinfo", std::ios::in);
+    std::string line;
+    while (std::getline(cpuinfo, line)) {
+      std::stringstream ss(line);
+      std::string key, val;
+      if (std::getline(ss, key, ':') && std::getline(ss, val)) {
+        trim(key);
+        trim(val);
+        if (key == "processor")
+          info.n_processors++;
+        else if (key == "core id")
+          info.n_cores = std::max(info.n_cores, std::stoi(val));
+        else if (key == "physical id")
+          info.n_nodes = std::max(info.n_nodes, std::stoi(val));
+      }
+    }
+    info.n_nodes++;
+    info.n_cores = (info.n_cores + 1) * info.n_nodes;
+  } catch (const std::ifstream::failure& e) {
+    std::ostringstream log;
+    log << "\nFile: " << __FILE__ << "\nLine: " << __LINE__ << "\nError: "
+        << "cannot parse /proc/cpuinfo";
+    throw std::runtime_error(log.str());
+  }
+}
+linuxCPUInfo GetLinuxCPUInfo(void);
+
+}  // namespace ipcl
+
+#endif  // IPCL_INCLUDE_IPCL_UTILS_PARSE_CPUINFO_HPP_
diff --git a/ipcl/include/ipcl/utils/util.hpp b/ipcl/include/ipcl/utils/util.hpp
index 7a4b510..a9f5ca6 100644
--- a/ipcl/include/ipcl/utils/util.hpp
+++ b/ipcl/include/ipcl/utils/util.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 #ifdef IPCL_RUNTIME_DETECT_CPU_FEATURES
 #include <cpu_features/cpuinfo_x86.h>
+
+#include "ipcl/utils/parse_cpuinfo.hpp"
 #endif  // IPCL_RUNTIME_DETECT_CPU_FEATURES
 
 #include <cstdlib>
@@ -41,6 +43,22 @@ inline void vec_size_check(const std::vector<T>& v, const char* file,
 
 #define VEC_SIZE_CHECK(v) vec_size_check(v, __FILE__, __LINE__)
 
+#ifdef IPCL_RUNTIME_DETECT_CPU_FEATURES
+static const bool disable_avx512ifma =
+    (std::getenv("IPCL_DISABLE_AVX512IFMA") != nullptr);
+static const bool prefer_rdrand =
+    (std::getenv("IPCL_PREFER_RDRAND") != nullptr);
+static const bool prefer_ipp_prng =
+    (std::getenv("IPCL_PREFER_IPP_PRNG") != nullptr);
+static const cpu_features::X86Features features =
+    cpu_features::GetX86Info().features;
+static const bool has_avx512ifma = features.avx512ifma && !disable_avx512ifma;
+static const bool has_rdseed =
+    features.rdseed && !prefer_rdrand && !prefer_ipp_prng;
+static const bool has_rdrand = features.rdrnd && prefer_rdrand;
+
+#endif  // IPCL_RUNTIME_DETECT_CPU_FEATURES
+
 #ifdef IPCL_USE_OMP
 class OMPUtilities {
  public:
@@ -57,9 +75,20 @@ class OMPUtilities {
   }
 
  private:
+#ifdef IPCL_RUNTIME_DETECT_CPU_FEATURES
+  static const linuxCPUInfo cpuinfo;
+  static const linuxCPUInfo getLinuxCPUInfo() { return GetLinuxCPUInfo(); }
+#endif
   static const int nodes;
   static const int cpus;
 
+  static int getNodes() {
+#ifdef IPCL_RUNTIME_DETECT_CPU_FEATURES
+    return cpuinfo.n_nodes;
+#else
+    return IPCL_NUM_NODES;
+#endif  // IPCL_RUNTIME_DETECT_CPU_FEATURES
+  }
   static int getMaxThreads() {
 #ifdef IPCL_NUM_THREADS
     return IPCL_NUM_THREADS;
@@ -71,22 +100,6 @@ class OMPUtilities {
 
 #endif  // IPCL_USE_OMP
 
-#ifdef IPCL_RUNTIME_DETECT_CPU_FEATURES
-static const bool disable_avx512ifma =
-    (std::getenv("IPCL_DISABLE_AVX512IFMA") != nullptr);
-static const bool prefer_rdrand =
-    (std::getenv("IPCL_PREFER_RDRAND") != nullptr);
-static const bool prefer_ipp_prng =
-    (std::getenv("IPCL_PREFER_IPP_PRNG") != nullptr);
-static const cpu_features::X86Features features =
-    cpu_features::GetX86Info().features;
-static const bool has_avx512ifma = features.avx512ifma && !disable_avx512ifma;
-static const bool has_rdseed =
-    features.rdseed && !prefer_rdrand && !prefer_ipp_prng;
-static const bool has_rdrand = features.rdrnd && prefer_rdrand;
-
-#endif  // IPCL_RUNTIME_DETECT_CPU_FEATURES
-
 }  // namespace ipcl
 
 #endif  // IPCL_INCLUDE_IPCL_UTILS_UTIL_HPP_
diff --git a/ipcl/utils/parse_cpuinfo.cpp b/ipcl/utils/parse_cpuinfo.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c1b135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipcl/utils/parse_cpuinfo.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+#include "ipcl/utils/parse_cpuinfo.hpp"
+
+#include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
+
+ipcl::linuxCPUInfo ipcl::GetLinuxCPUInfo(void) {
+  ipcl::linuxCPUInfo info;
+  ipcl::parseCPUInfo(info);
+  return info;
+}
diff --git a/ipcl/utils/util.cpp b/ipcl/utils/util.cpp
index 06a1adc..d0ffdfe 100644
--- a/ipcl/utils/util.cpp
+++ b/ipcl/utils/util.cpp
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@
 
 #include "ipcl/utils/util.hpp"
 
-#ifdef IPCL_USE_OMP
-#include <numa.h>
-#endif  // IPCL_USE_OMP
+#include <thread>  // NOLINT [build/c++11]
 
 namespace ipcl {
 
 #ifdef IPCL_USE_OMP
-const int OMPUtilities::nodes = numa_num_configured_nodes();
-const int OMPUtilities::cpus = numa_num_configured_cpus();
+#ifdef IPCL_RUNTIME_DETECT_CPU_FEATURES
+const linuxCPUInfo OMPUtilities::cpuinfo = OMPUtilities::getLinuxCPUInfo();
+#endif  // IPCL_RUNTIME_DETECT_CPU_FEATURES
+const int OMPUtilities::cpus = std::thread::hardware_concurrency();
+const int OMPUtilities::nodes = OMPUtilities::getNodes();
 const int OMPUtilities::MaxThreads = OMPUtilities::getMaxThreads();
-
 #endif  // IPCL_USE_OMP
 
 }  // namespace ipcl