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Overview
Intel's powerful Hyper-Threading Technology
is now available in both desktops and laptops. Look for systems with the Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with
HT Technology logo. A PC based on the Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT
Technology can handle more things at once. It is almost like have 2 processors
running at the same time. HT Technology can provides substantial software performance
benefits in multitasking situations, delivering advanced
performance for both home and business PC users
Technical
Hyper-Threading Technology is a
groundbreaking innovation from Intel® Corporation that enables
multi-threaded software applications to execute threads in parallel. This level
of threading technology has never been seen before in a general-purpose
microprocessor. Internet, e-Business, and enterprise software applications
continue to put higher demands on processors. To improve performance in the
past, threading was enabled in the software by splitting instructions into
multiple streams so that multiple processors could act upon them. Today with
Hyper-Threading Technology, processor-level threading can be utilized which
offers more efficient use of processor resources for greater parallelism and
improved performance on today's multi-threaded software.
 Hyper-Threading Technology provides thread-level-parallelism (TLP) on each
processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resources.
As a result, resource utilization yields higher processing throughput.
Hyper-Threading Technology is a form of simultaneous multi-threading technology
(SMT) where multiple threads of software applications can be run simultaneously
on one processor. This is achieved by duplicating the architectural state on
each processor, while sharing one set of processor execution resources.
Hyper-Threading Technology also delivers faster response times for multi-tasking
workload environments. By allowing the processor to use on-die resources that
would otherwise have been idle, Hyper-Threading Technology provides a
performance boost on multi-threading and multi-tasking operations for the Intel®
NetBurst™ microarchitecture.
This technology is largely invisible to the platform. In fact, many
applications are already multi-threaded and will automatically benefit from this
technology. However, multi-threaded applications take full advantage of the
increased performance that Hyper-Threading Technology has to offer, allowing
users will see immediate performance gains when multitasking. Today's
multi-processing aware software is also compatible with Hyper-Threading
Technology enabled platforms, but further performance gains can be realized by
specifically tuning software for Hyper-Threading Technology. This technology
complements traditional multi-processing by providing additional headroom for
future software optimizations and business growth.
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substantial software performance
benefits in multitasking situations" |
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Hyper-Threading Technology offers many benefits to e-Business and the
enterprise such as:
- Enables more user support improving business productivity
- Provides faster response times for Internet and e-Business applications
enhancing customer experience
- Increases number of transactions that can be processed
- Allows compatibility with existing IA-32 applications and operating
systems
- Handles larger workloads
- Offers headroom for future business growth and new solution capabilities
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