Glossary

cell

A pinging resolution in descriptions for pinning property.

hyper-threading technology

A feature within the IA-64 and IntelĀ® 64 family of processors, where each processor core provides the functionality of more than one logical processor.

logical processor

The basic modularity of processor hardware resource that allows a software executive (OS) to dispatch task or execute a thread context. Each logical processor can execute only one thread context at a time.

multi-core processor

A physical processor that contains more than one processor core.

multi-processor platform

A computer system made of two or more physical packages.

processor core

The circuitry that provides dedicated functionalities to decode, execute instructions, and transfer data between certain sub-systems in a physical package. A processor core may contain one or more logical processors.

physical package

The physical package of a microprocessor capable of executing one or more threads of software at the same time. Each physical package plugs into a physical socket. Each physical package may contain one or more processor cores.

processor topology

Hierarchical relationships of "shared vs. dedicated" hardware resources within a computing platform using physical package capable of one or more forms of hardware multi-threading.