Computer Science / Unit 4 CS 0201 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Core and the Multicore
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The idea
A core is an individual processor built into a CPU, and a multicore processor is a chip carrying several — the prevailing design of modern machines.
In practice
A hospital workstation's single chip holds a small team of processors, not one worker.
Where people slip
More cores help only when work arrives in parallel form.
Your place on the trail
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