* Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> [020522 11:44] wrote:
> >
> > I'm glad you chose to take the word of a couple of people
> > that have never used a hyperthreading board above what I've
> > already told you.
> >
> > Here's what I know:
> > The additional CPUs probe.
> >
> > A benchmarking utility reports equivelant performance to a 4 way
> > machine.
>
> According to the Intel documentation I read, hyperthreading is not
> the same thing as simply having the extra CPUs on the same die (which
> is what you seem to be implying it is). Here is the reference:
>
> http://www.intel.com/design/Xeon/Whitepaper/WhitepaperNBHT.htm
>
Terry, it boots and probes as a 4way box with 2 cpus. I'm sure
the listed optimizations you provided would be of some assistance
however I HAVE seen it boot and probe as a 4way.
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