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Old 21-08-2006, 16:54   #50
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Re: PC World dual core advert

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Originally Posted by ZrByte
Yes but you are taking me out of context, I was pointing out that each core is not assigned its own application but rather that each core handles a sepperate process. Never did I say that they technically only have one core wich is what you seem to think I said.
I did mean that 2 instructions can be executed simultaneously on a dual core chip. Of course, that doesn't mean that one core would be dedicated to each app. That would be silly. It will always be the next 2 instructions that are required. Each core is still time-slicing lots of different processes.
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