ECS-945G-M6-REV-A Schematic Circuit Diagram
ECS-945G-M6-REV-A Schematic Circuit Diagram
Multicore Technology
In a single physical core, HT Technology replicates two CPUs. If multiple simulated processors are useful, two or more actual processors are far better. A multi-core processor comprises two or more processing cores in a single processor chip, as the name indicates. From the outside, it seems to be a single processor (and is treated as such for Windows licensing purposes), although it can have two, three, four, or even more CPU cores on the inside. A multicore CPU offers almost all of the benefits of many physical processors at a fraction of the cost.
In May 2005, AMD and Intel released the first dual-core x86-compatible desktop CPUs. The Athlon 64 X2 was AMD's first dual-core CPU, whereas Intel's first dual-core processors were the Pentium Extreme Edition 840 and the Pentium D. The Extreme Edition 840 was famous for supporting HT Technology, which allowed it to appear to the operating system as a quad-core CPU. These CPUs coupled 64-bit instruction support with twin internal cores, thereby making them two processors in one. These chips marked the beginning of the multicore revolution, which has progressed with the inclusion of more cores and instruction set expansions. In November 2006, Intel released the first quad-core CPUs, the Core 2 Extreme QX and Core 2 Quad. In November 2007, AMD released the Phenom, the company's first quad-core desktop PC CPU.
Multicore CPUs are designed for customers who use multithreaded apps or run multiple programs at the same time, which pretty well describes everyone these days. A multithreaded application can execute many threads of the program in the same address space at the same time, sharing code and data. On a multicore CPU or a processor with HT Technology-enabled, a multithreaded application runs quicker than on a single-core or non-HT processor.
