X2 motherboards
G. Vamsee Krishna
vamsee_k at students.iiit.net
Sun Jul 17 17:26:36 UTC 2005
On Sun, 17 Jul 2005, Gene Czarcinski wrote:
>
> processor : 1
> vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
> cpu family : 15
> model : 35
> model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+
> stepping : 2
> cpu MHz : 2210.221
> cache size : 1024 KB
> physical id : 0
> siblings : 2
> core id : 1
> cpu cores : 2
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 1
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
> cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm
> 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cmp_legacy
> bogomips : 4407.29
> TLB size : 1024 4K pages
> clflush size : 64
> cache_alignment : 64
> address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> power management: ts fid vid ttp
>
That's some real specs. Impressive.
And I got a question. On a single-core processor, we can run
only ONE operating system at a time. That OS takes care of all the
management behind the scenes. So, is it really possible to run 2 OSs at a
time on a dual-core processor?
Regards,
Vamsee
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