Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Symmetric multiprocessors (SMPs) are one of the earliest, and still the most common, example of parallel organization.
2. The term SMP refers to a computer hardware architecture and also to the operating system behavior that reflects that architecture.
3. An attractive feature of an SMP is that the existence of multiple processors is transparent to the user.
4. The main drawback of the bus organization is reliability.
5. An SMP operating system manages processor and other computer resources so that the user perceives a single operating system controlling system resources.
1. True
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. True
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