How to combine two CPU into one

Though the use of multiple processors has grown in recent years, multiprocessor computers are more than 30 years old. Since this time, their capabilities have evolved as much as their implementation. Modern desktop PCs can have a single chip with as many as 12 processing cores. Each core can complete a task independently of the other. Using multiple processors in a computer has as much to do with the software as it does with the hardware.

Asymetric Multiprocessing

1. The earliest implementation of multiprocessing was called asymmetric. This type of processing was essentially two completely distinct processors that could not share resources. As a result, separate operating systems, or OSs, were needed for each processor. This form of multiprocessing is primarily suitable for customized applications, such as a router where one processor solely handles packet forwarding while the other deals exclusively with administrative tasks.

Symmetric Multiprocessing

1. Symmetric is the most common, modern form of multiprocessing. In this instance, a single OS manages the resources of all processing cores. Programs within that OS can be designed to use both processors simultaneously. Likewise, multiple programs running within that OS can be assigned to separate processors. Processors in symmetric environments share the same memory bus and other external resources.

Multiple Socket Motherboard Setups

1. The multiprocessing model also has two physical implementations. The first and oldest types of multiprocessor-compatible motherboards were designed with multiple, separate CPU sockets. Currently, this application is limited to server-grade motherboards, such as Intel’s Xeon line. The motherboard itself is then constructed with architecture that shares the memory between the two processors, as well as allowing the processors themselves to communicate to each other. Motherboards are available that accommodate up to four sockets.

Multiple CPUs

1. The vast majority of multiprocessing-capable computers today use the other physical implementation, a single, multicore chip. This type of chip fits into a single socket but holds numerous processors within, known as “cores.” The capability to access memory and spread work among the different processors is built within the architecture on the chip; the motherboard merely provides a single bus to that cluster of processors. Chip density ranges from two processing cores to as many as 12.

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Posted 08 February 2020 - 04:19 PM

          I have 2 older Dell's desktops, one that runs but pretty slowly and the other that doesn't even have a hard drive. Each one had 4 memory slots, each filled with 1 Gb ddr sticks. They both have older 2 core Intel processors. What I am hoping to do is hook them together and essentially give the computing power of the one without a hard drive to the one with a hard drive, thereby just making it one single computer with the hopes of having it perform better.

          I know for a certainty that this can be done, I have seen a couple of videos on youtube of people showing that they've done it and also read a biography on Larry Page and Sergey Brin and it mentioned how they were doing this in college as well as building massive servers through at-home-hacks. My problem is, I am not a professional and I can't find any guides on how to do this. I am willing to study and put in time and effort to get it done if it isn't a quick 1-2-3 process. Just please don't reply telling me "it's impossible." If anyone has any reference to reading material, can point me in the right directions for this project, or optimally can create a followable set of instructions I would be most appreciative!

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Posted 08 February 2020 - 06:26 PM

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Posted 09 February 2020 - 05:16 PM

You sir are the cluster.... bomb! 

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Posted 10 February 2020 - 10:04 PM

Whew! Mebbe you are getting ahead of yourself ? Over your skis? Good luck man!

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