Processor Power at webhosting.uk.com
The Internet would not have grown to its present popularity without advances in personal computing. The core of personal computing is the microprocessor or CPU. The original PC or PC-XT had either the 8086 or the 8088. These were considered giants in their time with processing speeds of 5-10 MHz. This means that, at best, they can perform 5 to 10 million, 8-16 bit instructions per second. This progressed to Pentium 4 series processor with single core capabilities of up to 3.6 GHz or 3.6 Billion of 64-bit, instructions. This is about 100 times more powerful than the original 8086s or 8088s. Today’s multi-core technology represents multiple single core processors to reside in one physical processor chip. This multiplies capability by the number of cores. Thus with the latest i7 processors this is a factor of eight or 800 times more powerful that the 8086-8088 processors.
It is this massive processing power that allows multiple virtual servers to exist and be adequately serviced by a single physical computer. This is done by dividing processing cycles determined by the speed or Gigahertz (GHz) rating of the CPU into the actual number virtual servers residing in the computer. This allows Dedicated Servers and Cloud Hosting services to prosper and enables webhosting.uk.com to offer Cheap Web Hosting to UK Hosting and other subscribers.