can you have multiple processors in one computer?

Question

i dont mean a dual core processor i mean more than 1 processor in one computer? and if so how?

Answer 1

I run ASUS p2b-D and P2B-DS boards, and yes, there are TONS of dual and multi-processor boards!

But:
1. Celerons are crippled so that you cannot run two or more. EXCEPT for the Celeron 300 which we ran in duallies, and over clocked to 450!

2. SMP (Symetrical Multi-Processing) requires that the OS be up to the task. Linux, BSD, (Mac OS X is a BSD!) are all Unix Clones, and run multi-processors, (up to 10,524 so far, at Sandia Labs!), and can multi-process appplications, on multi users, with con-current processes, but, Microsft can't really do more than two, and it crashes often, and badly! It also catches many of the 150,000 Microsoft Virus Definitions as soon as it hooks to the web!

3 Servers like the Compaq, can run 2, 4, or 8 processors, usually running Linux. Microsoft.com, MSN.com, and Hotmail.com all run 15,000 Linux servers, EACH, and many are quad or octal systems.

Google.com runs 100,000 computers in a Linux Clustered system, where all the processors are in tandem, as far as the OS is concerned!

4. No, the multiprocessors are NOT exactly multiplied by their speed, like four 800mhz processors wouldn't run at 3200 speed... there is some overhead, but, in complex searches or databases it is exceedingly quick, on Linux!

PCGaming Magazine took a Microsoft XP system, and tweaked it to the max. Stating that they knew little about Linux, and being too cheap to hire a Linux Tech., they ran a stock Linux box and the bench test results were that Quake3 Arena rendered 8 to 50 X faster in Linux... ( PCGaming Mag. Fall 2004 ).

Imagine a dual or quad processor Linux machine, running SMP with Linux, that is actually tweaked, running your game server!!!

That is called the Quake3 Server Project, FREE for download by YOU! There are dozens more!
Do a search on the ebay, http://newegg.com , or at http://pricewatch.com

You really should start FIRST with a single, or dual, processor machine, and run the 5,000 programs, games and applications of:

Answer 2

Yes, Apple has a dual processor computer, and you can get dual processor motherboards from microsoft and AMD. AMD however has dual-core processors with hyperthreading so a single processor chip acts like two. An AMD serverboard with dual processor ports with the AMD 64 chip will do just fine. Alienware was doing a dual processor with dual graphics cards. check out www.newegg.com and do some searches.

Answer 3

Windows XP and windows 2000 only allow a max of two processors in their licence. You need a dual processor motherboard.

Its worth remembering the Intel duo processor is effectively 2 processors

Answer 4

Yes you can. You just have to have two processor slots, and, like you said you didn't mean, a lot of computers run dual pentium processors. Go to your local Office Depot, Radio Shack or other electronics store and ask a sales person about it.

Answer 5

If you want a fast computer, just buy a new multicore system. Or even and old P4 motherboard/CPU. Frankly, it probably will not pay to play with old hardware. You would need a multi processor bard, and CPUs compatible with it.

Answer 6

Yes. new dual core processor fom Intel and AMD.

Answer 7

the Apple powermacs G4s and G5 were true dual processors (from 2002 to 2006)

Answer 8

Asus K8N-DL for Dual AMD Opteron,
Asus K8N-DRE Dual Opteron Motherboard

Here are 2 motherboards that support 2 processors.. there's many more, google helps.

http://www.adamant.com/mblines.asp?GotoID=MBCAT&LineID=30&menu=SYSLINE6

Answer 9

Yes, its called parallel processing and its used extensively in supercomputers. One processor sorts out tasks and sends those tasks to other processors to complete the task.

Answer 10

yes you can my cousin just bought the new amd athlon with two 2.8 processors. The newsest in AMD's line of dual processors