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General Category => Ask Our Experts => Topic started by: bogdanb on August 12, 2008, 05:49:12 pm

Title: Testing multi core processor?
Post by: bogdanb on August 12, 2008, 05:49:12 pm

Hi,

We have a PC with quad core CPU. The tests show testing CPU 1. Is this testing all cores in DOS? Or only one core? What about the Windows version?

Thank you

Title: Re: Testing multi core processor?
Post by: fwilson on August 13, 2008, 02:01:53 pm

bogdanb,

The columns CPU 1, CPU 2, CPU 3 and CPU 4 you see are Individual APICs.  A quad core CPU should have all 4 columns available, each corresponding to a core.

In a dual quad core system, one with 8 CPUs the last column will represent CPUs 4-8

What type of system is this?

-Fred