Dual-Core v/s Multiple Processors

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Are Dual-Core processors the same as having multiple processors on the mobo? And are they so alike that if a person goes from a Single-Core to a Dual-Core, do they have to update the HAL to multi-processor for Windows to be happy?

Ah all the lovely questions. :D
 
dual core is simply two cpu's per chip..so it IS SMP. Winders will automagically recognize the second cpu .
 
Horray for SMP, Xp home can only take upto i believe 4 SMP processors, I think that limitation is also on xp Pro, then server2003 can take upto 32 and vista can be 64.

But i may be wrong. Something like that is what my instructor mentioned when we covered HAL and SMP in OS
 
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