Master/slave multiprocessor organizations __________.
A) exhibit high fault tolerance
B) enable many processors to execute the operating system, reducing the likelihood that contention will build up for operating system resources.
C) exploit hardware asymmetry (e.g., if one processor is more powerful than other processors) and known parallelism in computationally-intensive tasks.
D) exhibit high scalability, where adding a processor increases the system throughput by the new processor's rated capacity.

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Master/slave multiprocessor organizations exploit hardware asymmetry by designating one processor as the master to handle specific tasks, while other processors (slaves) perform different tasks, often leveraging known parallelism in computationally-intensive tasks.

Master/slave Multiprocessor Organizations __________