a question that a co-interviewer asked in interviews. I always thought it was a silly question.
Assume single processor and not dual core.
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a question that a co-interviewer asked in interviews. I always thought it was a silly question.
Assume single processor and not dual core.
Yes you can if DMA is not available. In that case you could end up using the CPU to move data around from I/O to I/O through central memory, if the I/O bandwidth on both devices is high enough you will effectively saturate the CPU.