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Subject: Re: [9fans] hyperthreading
From: "Joel Salomon" <salomo3@cooper.edu>
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ron minnich said:
> hyperthreading: don't waste your time.
>
> hype-r-threading.
>
> ron

I'm to assume then that hyperthreading is distinct from having multiple
"cores" on a single die (what IBM is doing with some of their machines),
or is this the "hype" you are referring to? Multiple CPUs on one silicon
chip sounds cool to me.

--Joel