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The Core and the Multicore
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A core is an individual processor built into a CPU, and a multicore processor is a chip carrying several — the prevailing design of modern machines.
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A hospital workstation's single chip holds a small team of processors, not one worker.
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More cores help only when work arrives in parallel form.