Originally posted by The Architect
As for the processors and the RAM, well in most systems (including all PCs) with a multicore processor (or with multiple single-core or multicore processors for the matter), the RAM is not split up according to how many cores/processors there are. The RAM is shared, accessable by every core/processor.
Hopes this answers a few of your questions.
spot on. RAM is shared. more strenuous or processor-intensive operations usually are alotted more RAM.