CPU Affinity has not been supported for many years.

I don't remember if it ever was on an address-space basis as opposed to begin 
on a work-unit basis (I know that you could identify CPU affinity for a 
scheduled SRB, for example).

The "multiprocessor effect" (or perhaps it's the "multiprocessing effect") 
comes into play when multiple processors are in play.
That's why, for example, a 4 CPU system is not deemed 4 times as fast as a 1 
CPU system.

The CPU capacity is not effected, but the effective result is. Processor cache, 
cross-processor communication and other things factor in.

Peter Relson
z/OS Core Technology Design


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