SMP

Today’s phones are becoming increasingly complex; running process heavy applications such as GPS and digital TV, which require more efficient processing to achieve optimum performance without compromising battery life. With this in mind, Symbian is bringing symmetric multiprocessing to the devices of the future. SMP works by spreading the workload of tasks across multiple processors, on the same chip. The more challenging the task, the more processors are used. In order to conserve power however, the additional processors fall dormant once the task is complete. Watch the presentation below to see this in action.

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