Intel Video: Hyper-Threading demonstration

Intel Hyper-Threading promotion demonstration comparing Pentium 4 with and without Hyper Threading

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• pentium
• hyper
• threading
• smt
• promo
• marketing

[Protoking]

@Agomongo1235 Each hyperthreading thread has around %30 of a real cores performance.

[chelfc7]

@Agomongo1235 yes 8 CORE COMPUTERS!

[prestoncantrell]

@Agomongo1235 the pentium 4? no! the i7? fuck yes

[Agomongo1235]

so is it basically like 8 cores?

[decimat777]

hyper threading was a very smart yet simple idea. all they did was put an extra set of decoding and fetching units on each core and while the core is not being used by one decode/fetch unit it is used by the other unit. in reality the actual processing components of a cpu are only used about 30% so we could actually have a single or dual core with multiple(say 4) fetch/decode units per core and just have the core actually running instead of using precious power and just sit there.

[TheGibzone55]

it means, a single processor is divided into 2 process...e.g 3.0ghz/2= 1.5 ghz per process.

[nikosyv]

@FRURMELL

LOL, hyperthreading isn't something u can download, its a technology

[joser4471]

Both colors represent two differents pipelining. So it means that two tasks can be performed at the same time.

[PeteRoy]

Are you talking about Pentium 4? I've seen Pentium 4 running with HT enabled since 2004 and no problems with the CPU.

[OneEyedJack1970]

It's just a comparison of how a single core multitalks compared to two logical cores. Just think of them as two different programs running at once.