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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:Hyperthreading useless on Win2K? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Have you crashed Windows XP with a simple printf recently? Try it! [zappadoodle.com]

    I'd crapout to, if you used a crappy language like C.

    Try it in C++, what windows is based on, not C.

  2. AV hyperthreading by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Adam Venus tried to hyperthread his penis.

  3. Re:Non SMP OSs would be obsolete! by TeknoHog · · Score: 1, Troll
    Win9x and XP Home don't allow multi processors, so they would not gain any benefit from this, right?

    You are so right! After the introduction of Hyperthreading, Win9x and XP Home are no longer the perfect, stable, reliable OSes that take full advantage of the hardware.

    Oh, hmm.. wait..

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