Michael Miles wrote:
> I can't wait to see the Bulldozer series in action ( 16 cores
> Hyperthreaded) yeah baby..........
Unfortunately, Bulldozer doesnât do conventional SMT (which is what
Intel usually means by hyperthreading). It has two integer cores
sharing a wide floating point engine and level 2 cache. This combination
is what AMD call a âmoduleâ, but they will be selling it as two cores.
So a 16 core Bulldozer will have 16 hardware threads.
A module takes more power and area than a traditional core with
hyperthreading, but you should get more performance out of it, too.
Sorry,
James.
 Hyperthreading is an Intel trademark, and, as such, means precisely
what Intel wants it to mean at the moment. This can change (it means
something different for the Itanium).
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