Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 09:10:34 12/17/02
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On December 17, 2002 at 12:04:44, Matt Taylor wrote: >On December 17, 2002 at 11:40:37, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On December 17, 2002 at 10:31:02, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>It doesn't necessarily get slower. And once you move to windows .new, or >>>the new linux kernel gets fixed, this won't happen at all as both of these >>>systems will understand that two threads need to run on two physical processors >>>rather than on two logical processors on the same physical processor... >>> >>>what is your point? This is a sudden revellation to you? :) >> >>Yes. The thing is, Microsoft is _specifically_ advertising Windows XP >>(which was used for this test) as 'HyperThreading optimized'. >> >>This test shows that that should be taken with a few mountains >>of salt, considering the OS cannot even schedule correctly! >> >>This means that _right now_, there are severe issues with HT >>on a dual system. And they won't be resolved until a next generation >>of OS comes out. >> >>-- >>GCP > >Windows .net Server = Windows XP Server The tests were run on Windows XP Professional. Is the XP Server scheduler smarter? -- GCP
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