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Subject: Re: 3.06 Xeon Test Results

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 11:21:12 04/10/03

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On April 10, 2003 at 12:34:13, Keith Evans wrote:

>On April 10, 2003 at 11:11:52, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>On April 10, 2003 at 11:07:06, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On April 10, 2003 at 08:44:18, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 09, 2003 at 17:58:21, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>as usual you were asleep when replying. i did math for a single cpu. that
>>>>extrapolates to more cpu's as well.
>>>
>>>I did math that extrapolates to _everything_.
>>>
>>>If I get 1.7X speedup for two cpus, I will get _some_ speedup no matter how slow
>>>the
>>>second processor is.
>>>
>>>Which was my point.
>>
>>with SMT that is not the case. the second cpu in SMT delivers somewhere between
>>0% and 20%.
>>
>>If it is 10% like it is for most programs then:
>>
>>1.1 speed is what you get out of single P4 with smt.
>>
>>1.7 / 2  * 1.1 = 0.935 which is slower than single cpu.
>>
>>Which is my point.
>
>Why are you dividing 1.7 by 2?
>
>I thought that Bob already measured this on a single Xeon with SMT and got a
>speedup of 1.1 or so.

He won't let any real data get in the way of his hand-waving.  It is called
"inventing math
that will prove a point".

See my other post in this thread for a _real_ set of data for SMT off vs SMT on.
 It debunks
this stuff quite clearly and anybody can run the test if they have a machine
with SMT.





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