SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing)

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:architecture
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:Symmetric_Multiprocessing
gptkbp:category gptkb:personal_computer
computer science
parallel computing
gptkbp:commonIn modern computers
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:asymmetric_multiprocessing
distributed computing
gptkbp:enables load balancing
fault tolerance
parallel processing
gptkbp:example gptkb:IBM_System_x
gptkb:Intel_Xeon_servers
gptkb:Sun_Microsystems_servers
gptkbp:feature equal access to memory
multiple identical processors
shared main memory
single operating system instance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing)
gptkbp:introducedIn 1970s
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:NUMA_(Non-Uniform_Memory_Access)
multi-threading
hyper-threading
gptkbp:requires symmetric hardware
symmetric software support
gptkbp:usedIn servers
workstations
multi-core processors
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ampere_Altra
gptkb:ARMv7-A
gptkb:Xeon_E7
gptkb:PowerPC_G5
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5