# Multicore and SMP support

**URL:** <https://forums.freertos.org/t/multicore-and-smp-support/6713>\
**Category:** Kernel\
**Created:** [July 26, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/multicore-and-smp-support/6713 "2017-07-26T13:43:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![system](https://d2v6vdsk2p900z.cloudfront.net/original/1X/7fc8fdb729c645aab5b20282bbe34e57cb407be6.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.freertos.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/multicore-and-smp-support/6713/1 "2017-07-26T13:43:47Z")

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**[m0o3atef](https://sourceforge.net/u/m0o3atef/)** wrote on [Wednesday, July 26, 2017](https://sourceforge.net/p/freertos/discussion/382005/thread/b74e2952/#805f):

Hi everybody,

Does FreeRTOS support Multicore and ,particularly, SMP processing?

Thnx in advance.

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**Author:** ![rtel](https://d3iykfbgfh8zhg.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.freertos.org/rtel/32/31_2.png) [@rtel](https://forums.freertos.org/u/rtel)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/multicore-and-smp-support/6713/2 "2017-07-26T14:42:28Z")

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**[rtel](https://sourceforge.net/u/rtel/)** wrote on [Wednesday, July 26, 2017](https://sourceforge.net/p/freertos/discussion/382005/thread/b74e2952/#805f/eda2):

There is an SMP version of FreeRTOS, but it was created by a third  
party, so not supported by ourselves, and it was based on an old version  
of FreeRTOS. I think you will find a nice thesis on it in the FreeRTOS  
Interactive site.

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**Author:** ![system](https://d2v6vdsk2p900z.cloudfront.net/original/1X/7fc8fdb729c645aab5b20282bbe34e57cb407be6.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.freertos.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/multicore-and-smp-support/6713/3 "2017-12-13T17:57:23Z")

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**[onastai](https://sourceforge.net/u/onastai/)** wrote on [Wednesday, December 13, 2017](https://sourceforge.net/p/freertos/discussion/382005/thread/b74e2952/#c2cf):

Barry,  
no new development regarding SMP development, on your newer code base, particularly on a5mp uarch?  
tnx,  
ovi

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**Author:** ![jwestmoreland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@jwestmoreland](https://forums.freertos.org/u/jwestmoreland)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/multicore-and-smp-support/6713/4 "2018-09-06T07:34:58Z")

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**[westmorelandeng](https://sourceforge.net/u/westmorelandeng/)** wrote on [Thursday, September 06, 2018](https://sourceforge.net/p/freertos/discussion/382005/thread/b74e2952/#d4ef):

What about now? IPC could be a big addition.