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Subject: Re: SURPRISING RESULTS P4 Xeon dual 2.8Ghz

Author: Matt Taylor

Date: 12:29:22 12/17/02

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On December 17, 2002 at 15:26:01, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On December 17, 2002 at 14:38:22, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On December 17, 2002 at 12:50:48, Matt Taylor wrote:
>>
>>>Actually it doesn't work like that. The CPU has an existing bandwidth of 3
>>>micro-ops/cycle.
>>
>>I was under the impression the P4 was much more limited than that
>>(don't remember the details though).
>>
>>>Now, I am no parallel researcher, but even my parallel code doesn't suffer
>>>overheads so large that it can't gain from HT.
>>
>>Depends on what the problem is.
>>
>>>You never said what "2 processes" was. Is it one physical CPU with HT or two
>>>physical CPUs without HT?
>>
>>2 physical CPUS with hyperthreading enabled running 2 processes
>>
>>(The case that breaks the scheduler)
>>
>>--
>>GCP
>
>
>What makes that case so interesting?  It is going to be fixed soon.  It is
>already fixed in
>windows.net and apparently in XP server...

Windows .NET Server = Windows XP Server. Technically there is no version of
Windows named "Windows XP Server." They decided to change names for whatever
reason. Who can fathom the market hype machine?

-Matt



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