<preface id="geshf"><title>Preface</title><highlights><para>The <citetitle>Memory and Thread Placement Optimization Developer's
Guide</citetitle> provides information on locality groups and the technologies
that are available to optimize the use of computing resources in the Solaris
operating system.</para>
</highlights><sect1 id="gesgr"><title>Who Should Use This Book</title><para>This book is intended for use by developers who are writing applications
in an environment with multiple CPUs and a non-uniform memory architecture.
The programming interfaces and tools that are described in this book give
the developer control over the system's behavior and resource allocation.</para>
</sect1><sect1 id="eqqfd"><title>Related Third-Party Web Site References</title><para>Third-party URLs are referenced in this document and provide additional,
related information. </para><note><para>Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web
sites mentioned in this document. Sun does not endorse and is not responsible
or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials that
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or liable for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused or alleged to be
caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods,
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