Is it possible to stripe a thread across 2 cpu cores like RAID 0?

Fridgemusa

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I was wondering is it possible to actually use 2 CPU cores as 1 like a RAID 0 Array stripes data across 2 Hard Drives? I think that if this was possible it would be handy for Emulation software where only 1 really powerful CPU Core is Required by the emulated program?
 

SlapStickBilly

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No. Raid arrays are controlled by raid controllers on the motherboard. There is no way to trick the Operating system to think it only has one core, when they're are in fact two or more.
 

Doc L

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I don't think this is possible using two cores on the same die, but you might get there using a cluster.See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_%28computing%29Using Linux, you can cluster a pile of old clunkers and turn them into a real beast.
 

Midknight_Mike

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That's effectively how a multi-threading capable application works. But it's down to the application - it has to declare itself as 'threadsafe' (or similar) to exploit multi-processor capabilities.
 
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