What Is Linux Lscpu Command?
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Description. lscpu gathers CPU architecture information from sysfs and /proc/cpuinfo. The command output can be optimized for parsing or for easy readability by humans. The information includes, for example, the number of CPUs, threads, cores, sockets, and Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) nodes.

What is Lscpu?

DESCRIPTION top. lscpu gathers CPU architecture information from sysfs, /proc/cpuinfo and any applicable architecture-specific libraries (e.g. librtas on Powerpc). The command output can be optimized for parsing or for easy readability by humans.

What is socket in Lscpu?

Cores per Socket: A core is what we traditionally think of as a processor or a CPU, and a socket is the interface between one or more cores and the memory system. A socket also is the physical connection between a chip or a multi-chip module and the main board.

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