Really? so if I buy a multithreaded, dual cpu machine I will see 4 cpu's come up?
if you can't buy that, it shows my ignorance in hardware side of cpu's and this technology.. > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 1:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] multi threading > > > On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 08:31:22PM +0200, Christian Sch?fer wrote: > > hi gentoo-user, > > > > I am planning to buy a new pentium with multithreading, > since I need a > > new computer anyway. > > I wonder if there is any use in multithreading? > > or let me put it different: is there any program under linux that > > makes use out of it? > > You mean "hyperthreading" on the Pentium 4 correct? > > Based on what I have heard, under linux a hyperthreaded CPU > shows up as > two CPUs, just like an SMP system with two physical CPUs. You get all > the benifits of a dual system from the OS. > > alan > > -- > Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://arcterex.net > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > "There are only 3 real sports: bull-fighting, car racing and mountain > climbing. All the others are mere games." -- Hemingway > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
