HardwareTerminology

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HardwareTerminology

These are some common terms that will come up when working with shared memory.

 

Shared Memory - Block of memory that can be used by multiple CPU's

CPU Core - Independent processing unit (physical)

Thread - Sequence of programmed instructions (software)

 

CPUvsThreads

 

Logical Processor - Number of physical cores times the number of threads from hyperthreading

Hyperthread - Uses threads to split physical CPU core into 2 logical cores

 

HyperThreading