Question

The thread level parallelism is a process of

(a) saving the context of currently executing process

(b) flushing the CPU of the same process

(c) loading the context of new next process

(d) all of the mentioned

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This intriguing question comes from Rapid Execution Module, Memory Subsystem,  Hyperthreading Technology topic in chapter Pentium 4 processor of Microprocessor

Answer 1

Correct choice is (d) all of the mentioned

The explanation: The thread level parallelism is a process of

1. Saving the context of currently executing process.

2. Flushing the CPU of the same process.

3. Loading the context of new next process is called a context switch.