Author: Robert Pawlak
Date: 15:28:04 04/29/04
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On April 29, 2004 at 18:15:52, Russell Reagan wrote: >On April 29, 2004 at 16:01:15, Robert Pawlak wrote: > >>Could make for a really cost effective SMP system! >> >>http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1574332,00.asp >What exactly does "dual core" mean? Is it similar to the hyper threading of >Intel (where we see some speed improvements, but lesser than true dual machine), >or can we expect close to a 2x speedup for one of these "dual core" chips? Essentially, it is putting two CPUs in one socket. However, you will get something less than 2X performance, as in all dual systems. It is not hyperthreading. There are two CPUs, so performance will be much better. Bob
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