Nowadays, almost every PC has some sort of dual-core processor: some have a virtualized solution like Hyperthreading, while others employ two physical cores. Unfortunately, ARM processors have been single-core only so far…a fact which is said to change in the near future.
According to the Symbian Foundation, Symbian is well posed for these upcoming processors due to the (IMHO dreaded) system architecture:
“Symbian OS has always been well placed to take advantage of multiprocessor technology,” says Jason. “It relies on a large number of servers and is highly threaded. If you examine a Symbian OS device after it has been booted you might see 100 or more servers and many more threads running. This provides an ideal foundation for spreading load over multiple processors.”
Developers are said to be in for an easy ride – Jason Parker claims that applications will need next to no maintenance in order to benefit from these new phones which are expected to drop 2010/2011. I personally think that this is untrue: while most PC applications survived the switch to multi-core systems, quite a few had initial issues with stability and/or performance.
Further information on Symbian and multi-threading can be had at SymbianOne!
P.S. Their page refreshes every few seconds – better close it ASAP after reading!
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