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Intel Hyperthreading In Reality

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the make-go-faster dept.

A reader writes: "Looks like GamePC has got the first look at Intel's new Xeon processor, which has the new super-fantastico Hyperthreading technology, which tricks your OS into thinking one CPU is two CPUs, two CPUs is four. Looks neat in theory, benchies included."

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  1. Re:Ouch by Amazing+Quantum+Man · · Score: 2, Redundant
    RTFA. From the article:
    Eeven though Windows 2000 and Windows XP only officially support two CPU's, both operating systems were able to run properly with the Hyperthreaded CPU's. This means you don't have to upgrade to a 4-processor OS like Windows 2000 server to take advantage of this technology.
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  2. Looks like... by Tony.Tang · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Looks like GamePC's website isn't running one of these babies yet.

    Slashdotted already. :(