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<concept id="GUID-CE72E71B-6ED3-4961-B4C5-C43D823ACA9D" xml:lang="en"><title>SMP</title><shortdesc>Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) applies to a multiprocessor computer
architecture where 2 or more identical processes can connect to a single shared
main memory. SMP allows simultaneous execution of threads. This means that
overall performance is improved and ultimately battery life is extended.
This section introduces the main concepts applied to SMP including Threading
Models, Interrupt Handling, Locking and Memory Barriers.</shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>
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