12 Jun
2012
12 Jun
'12
13:22
Dave Howorth wrote:
Istvan Gabor wrote:
I have another question. Can the operation system/programs take advantage of multiple processors? Can one application use only one processor or more? Does this depend on the specific program or how the OS sorts tasks?
Yes, the operating system takes advantage of multiple processors (and cores and threads). Linux and Unix before it have been leaders in this area.
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