By: Ricardo B (ricardo.b.delete@this.xxxxx.xx), May 30, 2013 4:43 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Sebastian Soeiro (sebastian_2896.delete@this.hotmail.com) on May 30, 2013 3:39 pm wrote:
> Sebastian Soeiro (sebastian_2896.delete@this.hotmail.com) on May 30, 2013 1:13 pm
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> It may be a bit unrelated, so I apologize for it, but simply; what fors Hyperthreading do?
Hyperthreading (SMT in a more general term) makes the CPU core apear as two logical CPU cores which can run two different programs/threads as the same time.
It is useful because, often, one single program/thread does not keep the execution units completely busy.
By allowing the CPU to process two independent instruction streams at the same time, you can get work done without making your CPU much more complex.
> Sebastian Soeiro (sebastian_2896.delete@this.hotmail.com) on May 30, 2013 1:13 pm
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> It may be a bit unrelated, so I apologize for it, but simply; what fors Hyperthreading do?
Hyperthreading (SMT in a more general term) makes the CPU core apear as two logical CPU cores which can run two different programs/threads as the same time.
It is useful because, often, one single program/thread does not keep the execution units completely busy.
By allowing the CPU to process two independent instruction streams at the same time, you can get work done without making your CPU much more complex.