How to identify CPU processor architecture on Linux | Linux Today

How to identify CPU processor architecture on Linux

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Oct 16, 2013

Multi-core processor architecture becomes increasingly popular nowadays. This trend is accelerated by the need for supporting multi-tenant hardware virtualization, high-performance computing applications, and Internet-scale workloads in data centers. This tutorial describes how to identify CPU processor architecture on Linux from the command line.

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