X2 motherboards

[G. Vamsee Krishna]

On Sun, 17 Jul 2005, Gene Czarcinski wrote:

>
> processor       : 1
> vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
> cpu family      : 15
> model           : 35
> model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+
> stepping        : 2
> cpu MHz         : 2210.221
> cache size      : 1024 KB
> physical id     : 0
> siblings        : 2
> core id         : 1
> cpu cores       : 2
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 1
> wp              : yes
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
> cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm
> 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cmp_legacy
> bogomips        : 4407.29
> TLB size        : 1024 4K pages
> clflush size    : 64
> cache_alignment : 64
> address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> power management: ts fid vid ttp
>
That's some real specs. Impressive.

And I got a question. On a single-core processor, we can run 
only ONE operating system at a time. That OS takes care of all the 
management behind the scenes. So, is it really possible to run 2 OSs at a 
time on a dual-core processor?

Regards,
Vamsee

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