Programming for Multi core Processors

Posted by Chathuranga Chandrasekara on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Chathuranga Chandrasekara
Published on 2010-03-18T06:20:59Z Indexed on 2010/03/18 6:41 UTC
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As far as I know, the multi-core architecture in a processor does not effect the program. The actual instruction execution is handled in a lower layer.

my question is,

Given that you have a multicore environment, Can I use any programming practices to utilize the available resources more effectively? How should I change my code to gain more performance in multicore environments?

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