cycle core issue multiple instructions one thread simultaneous multithreading intel 's hyper threading best known early form pseudo multi coreism processor capable concurrent multithreading includes multiple execution units processing unit superscalar architecture issue multiple instructions per clock cycle ''multiple'' threads temporal multithreading hand includes single execution unit processing unit issue one instruction time ''multiple'' threads symmetric multiprocessing symmetric multiprocessor smp computer system multiple identical processors
Formal science Computer science Parallel computing