[ale] dual core

[Terry Bailey]

At 03:17 PM 8/27/2007, you wrote:
>A little of both. A well written, and designed, threaded application
>can make use of the multiple cores/cpus more effectively than a
>non-threaded application. But, the OS kernel can split up the load
>between its cores/cpus. That is, the OS can run XMMS on one core an
>Quake on another.


Is the kernel in Fedora Core 5 capable of doing this?


>The dual multicore processors are better designed, and thus faster,
>than the old processors. They benefit from die shrinks and other such
>improvements. A processor doesn't necessarily have to process data
>faster to be better than the previous. It only has to process it more
>efficiently.
>
>Also, 1.86*2=3.72 which is greater than 3.2.
>
>On 8/27/07, Terry Bailey <terry at bitlinx.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On a particular chip, does Intel dual/quad core functionality require
> > any participation from software or is it totally managed within the
> > hardware?  Also, besides the dual core, does the architecture differ
> > significantly?  It is my understanding that a dual core Pentium/Xeon
> > running with a clock speed of 1.86 would be faster than a regular
> > Pentium/Xeon running with a clock speed of 3.2.  Is this correct?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Terry Bailey
>
>
>--
>James Sumners
>http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
>
>"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
>pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
>is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
>drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."
>
>Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
>CH:D 59
>_______________________________________________
>Ale mailing list
>Ale at ale.org
>http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale