8.2.1 - Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP)
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Practice Questions
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What does SMP stand for?
💡 Hint: Think about the relationship between multiple processors and memory access.
Name one benefit of SMP.
💡 Hint: Focus on how tasks are handled in parallel.
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What is the main advantage of SMP?
💡 Hint: Consider task assignment and access to resources.
SMP uses shared memory. True or False?
💡 Hint: Recall how memory access works in SMP architecture.
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Examine a scenario where implementing SMP in a multi-threaded application could yield better performance. What considerations should be made when coding?
💡 Hint: Think about task allocation to avoid bottlenecks.
What are potential downsides of SMP regarding memory consistency and inter-processor communication? How can these challenges be addressed?
💡 Hint: Consider how processors communicate when accessing the same data.
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