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Yousuf Khan[_2_]

April 21st 15 06:18 AM

Does each core of 4-core Intel processor has an independent floatingX87 unit?

On 03/04/2015 1:51 AM, Weng Tianxiang wrote:
Hi,
Does each core of 4-core Intel processor has an independent floating X87 unit?

Thank you.

Yes, each physical core does, but each Hyperthreaded virtual core does not.

Yousuf Khan

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