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Re:ARM or x86? ISA Doesn’t Matter by gpderetta on Monday May 15, 2023 @03:35AM (#35944869)
No, that's SMP. SMT is specifically multiple instruction pointers (threads) on a single core, i.e Hyperthreading
Re:ARM or x86? ISA Doesn’t Matter by dist1ll on Monday May 15, 2023 @07:34AM (#35946559)
(Warning: super pedantic)

Actually, what akvadrako described is just called multiprocessing - not SMP.

SMP refers specifically to systems with uniform latency to shared memory. So any distributed memory topology like ccNUMA w/ interconnect would not fit that definition.

Re:ARM or x86? ISA Doesn’t Matter by gpderetta on Monday May 15, 2023 @09:16AM (#35947651)
Very good point NUMA != SMP. I Didn't catch that difference before.
Re:ARM or x86? ISA Doesn’t Matter by quincunx on Monday May 15, 2023 @08:23AM (#35947079)
"No, that's SMP" - is perhaps too resolute a definition. I'd say SMP is across processes, SMT is within a process, which would put the distinction in software, not hardware architecture.

Definitions are more grey, muddy and dependent on context; in that line of thought, I feel the parent you're responding to is accurate enough to not warrant criticism or even downvotes.

Re:ARM or x86? ISA Doesn’t Matter by detaro on Monday May 15, 2023 @10:02AM (#35948288)
No, these things are really quite clearly defined, and certainly not so muddy to include something like "which would put the distinction in software, not hardware architecture.". These are hardware architecture terms.