First Prescott 3.40GHz processor launches, that will also cost $640 in quantity

[Thor]

:eek2:

Linky (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9800)

[ThugsRook]

good

it will drive down the other cpu prices (finally)

:wave:

[Duvie]

I am waiting for the 2.8c to drop to reasonable levels and make that my first foray into HT cpus....Ofcourse I need that 2.8c to also do at least 3.6ghz air cooled minimum.....

[Thor]

Originally posted by Duvie
I am waiting for the 2.8c to drop to reasonable levels and make that my first foray into HT cpus....Ofcourse I need that 2.8c to also do at least 3.6ghz air cooled minimum.....

That's gonna be one BAD A$$ cpu! :rock: :rotflmao:

[Eagle101st]

please explain what hyper theading means

[LastRide]

Hyper-Threading Technology is a groundbreaking innovation from Intel® Corporation that enables multi-threaded software applications to execute threads in parallel. This level of threading technology has never been seen before in a general-purpose microprocessor. Internet, e-Business, and enterprise software applications continue to put higher demands on processors. To improve performance in the past, threading was enabled in the software by splitting instructions into multiple streams so that multiple processors could act upon them. Today with Hyper-Threading Technology, processor-level threading can be utilized which offers more efficient use of processor resources for greater parallelism and improved performance on today's multi-threaded software.
Hyper-Threading Technology provides thread-level-parallelism (TLP) on each processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resources. As a result, resource utilization yields higher processing throughput. Hyper-Threading Technology is a form of simultaneous multi-threading technology (SMT) where multiple threads of software applications can be run simultaneously on one processor. This is achieved by duplicating the architectural state on each processor, while sharing one set of processor execution resources. Hyper-Threading Technology also delivers faster response times for multi-tasking workload environments. By allowing the processor to use on-die resources that would otherwise have been idle, Hyper-Threading Technology provides a performance boost on multi-threading and multi-tasking operations for the Intel® NetBurst™ microarchitecture.

This technology is largely invisible to the platform. In fact, many applications are already multi-threaded and will automatically benefit from this technology. However, multi-threaded applications take full advantage of the increased performance that Hyper-Threading Technology has to offer, allowing users will see immediate performance gains when multitasking. Today's multi-processing aware software is also compatible with Hyper-Threading Technology enabled platforms, but further performance gains can be realized by specifically tuning software for Hyper-Threading Technology. This technology complements traditional multi-processing by providing additional headroom for future software optimizations and business growth.

Hyper-Threading Technology offers many benefits to e-Business and the enterprise such as:

Enables more user support improving business productivity
Provides faster response times for Internet and e-Business applications enhancing customer experience
Increases number of transactions that can be processed
Allows compatibility with existing IA-32 applications and operating systems
Handles larger workloads
Offers headroom for future business growth and new solution capabilities

[Eagle101st]

thank you i now really understand way better than what other people have said it
thank you very much!

[LastRide]

No problem.I hope you undestand it more than I did..LOL.I wish I could have explained in simpler terms myself.I just copied and pasted it from Intel site. Maybe some can sum it up in a sentence or 2.:)

[pointreyes]

Originally posted by LastRide
No problem.I hope you undestand it more than I did..LOL.I wish I could have explained in simpler terms myself.I just copied and pasted it from Intel site. Maybe some can sum it up in a sentence or 2.:)

Enterprise class business applications will run faster. I'm using Windows 2003 Enterprise Server with Oracle 9i Enterprise Edition and wow is it fast! :eyepop: :) So fast, that I finally have a reason to use Oracle 9i EE on a P4, until then it was a waste of my time.

[Ilmater]

Two sentences?

Intel's Hyperthreading technology takes advantage of the fact that Intel processors' longer pipelines usually have tons of idle space. It makes the OS recognize it as 2 CPUs, thus using up extra cycles and speeding up applications in much the same way as an SMP system would.

[Sweeper]

Great explanation LastRide... appreciate the info.

:wave:

Sweeper

[Skully]

Yea good read! :)