What is a multi -core processing?
Multi -core processing concerns the use of multiple microprocessors called "cores", which are built on a single silicon matrix. The chip is mounted on a computer motherboard in exactly the same way as a traditional processor. There is nothing new about the concept of the processor chain, technology known as multiprocessing; However, the multi -core processor is a bit different. The multi -core processor works as one unit. Therefore, it is more efficient and creates a standardized platform for which the software produced can be easily developed.
The construction of a multi -core processor allows each core to communicate with others so that the processing can be divided and properly delegated. However, the actual delegation is dictated by software. After completing the task, the processed information from all cores will return to the motherboard through a single shared line. This process can often significantly improve performance at a single -core processor comparable speed. The degree of improvement of performance will depend nand the efficiency of the running software code.
In addition to raw speed, these new chips significantly increase the number of multiple tasks that computers can do. Initially, practical applications of multi -core processors were seriously limited because many time software products were not designed to make full use of them. The gap has been closed quickly because a new generation of operating systems was available along with new generations of commercial software, including games, simulation products and even office productivity applications. Software developers quickly moved their priorities to make full use of the new hardware.
Multi -core processing has interrupted the ongoing race between chips designers to create increasingly faster processors. By using more slower cores, it is possible to achieve more efficiently with higher speeds than designing super fast individual processors. When a personal computerE using multi -core processing technology for the first time in 2003 and 2004, new processors were only two -core processors. In the following years it changed rapidly, with multi -core processing became standard. Quad-core and octo-core processors will allow chips containing literally hundreds of cores or more.
Multi -core processing is not limited to personal computers. Many other electronic devices, including gaming consoles, industrial electronics, super computers and PC hardware components such as graphics on graphics cards, receive this technology because it is becoming increasingly common and affordable.