--- MonMotha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Green wrote: > > I don't know much about Hyperthreading, but do the applications > need > > to be specially optimized and/or recompiled for you to get > > performance increases, or will standard applications see these > types > > of improvements just due to the CPU alone? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Rob > > Anything that would benefit from SMP can potentially benefit from > HyperThreading. In other words, if your app is threaded (and the > threads are > doing different things, using different functions of the CPU), it > can benefit. > > You can also benefit if you're running more than one process (you > are). The > kernel sees the HyperThreaded CPU as 2 CPUs and schedules between > them > appropriately. However, the 2.5 series that's HyperThreading aware > knows the > limitations and benefits of hyperthreading (shared cache, etc). > Therefore, it > will schedule according to this (especially useful in situations > where you have > more than one HyperThreading CPU). > > --MonMotha
I am primarily concerned with applications like MUDs (chatroom like envirmonment) and web servers - I take it these would get an excellent benefit from Hyperthreading, then? __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
