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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Which of the following technologies allows a single physical processor to do the work of multiple processors?
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- ASymmetric multi-processing
- BMulticore
- C64-bit processing
- DHyper-V
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(59 responses)- A2% (1)
- B95% (56)
- C3% (2)
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Multicore technology integrates multiple independent processing units, known as cores, onto a single physical processor chip, enabling it to perform multiple tasks concurrently.
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.
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.
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.
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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