I am having a doubt. Whenever we talk about multiple cores in processors, aren't those "cores" invisible to the software running on it? My perception is, had the processor been a multi-processor, then the operating system running on it should be aware of physical processors and arrange for bus/ memory arbitration. In other words, what does "core" in processor technically mean? (Please do not point to Wikipedia or something similar). Any truly techical article on that?
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Multicore processor
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Holmes.Sherlock
, Feb 16 2013 04:33 AM
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Posted 16 February 2013 - 04:33 AM
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Posted 16 February 2013 - 06:16 PM
(Please do not point to Wikipedia or something similar).
OK, I know what you mean
Any truly techical article on that?
No, but an image is worth a thousand words:
http://blogs.msdn.co.../20/555519.aspxhttp://img73.imagesh...59/procs9nd.jpg
Some more data:
http://www.pugetsyst...vs-Dual-Core-23
This might actually be of interest:
http://www.vmware.co...u_scheduler.pdf
Wonko
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