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SK0-003 · Question #122

Which of the following technologies allows a single physical processor to do the work of multiple processors?

The correct answer is B. Multicore. Multicore technology integrates multiple independent processing units, known as cores, onto a single physical processor chip, enabling it to perform multiple tasks concurrently.

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Question

Which of the following technologies allows a single physical processor to do the work of multiple processors?

Options

  • ASymmetric multi-processing
  • BMulticore
  • C64-bit processing
  • DHyper-V

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  • B
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  • C
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Why each option

Multicore technology integrates multiple independent processing units, known as cores, onto a single physical processor chip, enabling it to perform multiple tasks concurrently.

ASymmetric multi-processing

Symmetric multi-processing (SMP) describes an architecture where multiple separate physical processors share a common memory, rather than a single physical processor doing the work of multiple.

BMulticoreCorrect

Multicore processors contain two or more actual processing units on a single chip, each capable of executing instructions independently. This design allows a single physical CPU package to process multiple threads or tasks simultaneously, effectively doing the work that would otherwise require multiple separate physical processors.

C64-bit processing

64-bit processing relates to the data width a processor can handle, allowing for larger memory access and data processing, but it does not make one physical processor perform the work of multiple.

DHyper-V

Hyper-V is Microsoft's hypervisor technology for virtualization, which enables running multiple operating systems on a single physical server, but it is not a technology that makes a single physical processor perform like multiple.

Concept tested: Multicore processor architecture

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