On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 08:40 -0800, Gerhard Magnus wrote: > According to webopedia.com, SMP is "Short for Symmetric > Multiprocessing, a computer architecture that provides fast > performance by making multiple CPUs available to complete individual > process simultaneously. Unlike asymmetrical processing, any idle > processor can be assigned any task, and additional CPUs can be added > to improve performance and handle increased loads." > > Does this refer to other processors on the same computer or on > different machines on a network? Multiple processors on the same motherboard. Could be two CPUs in two sockets, could be two CPUs built into the same chip (dual core). -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
