MULTITASKING WITH MULTICORE PROCESSOR

Multicore processing is gaining fast acceptance as single-core processors reach the physical limits of possible complexity and speed.

A multicore processor is an integrated circuit to which two or more processors are attached for enhanced performance,reduced power consumption and more efficient simultaneous processing of multiple tasks.This in effect,provides for true parallel processing.

A dual-core setup is somewhat comparable and similar to having multiple,separate processors installed in the same computer,but because the two processors are actually plugged into the same socket.the connection between them is faster.
Ideally, a dual-core processor is nearly twice as powerful as a single-core processor.In practice,performance gains are said to be about 50 percent(a dual-core processor is likely to be about one-and-a-half times as powerful as a single-core processor).The performance index will go up as the technology matures.