What is Hyper Threading

[arun]

Hi
I want to know about Hyper Threading technology
for a presentation.

 

[dumdum8684]

Please search the forum before you post as the question has prolly already been answered:

http://www.techist.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=59713

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

some guy already made a post about this
http://techist.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=59713

 

[majistic]

Yes then AMD has HTT. Same thing.

 

[Elbatrop1]

Yes then AMD has HTT. Same thing.

No it isnt. In fact it isnt even close

Hyperthreading is a means to make to virtual CPUs out of one.

Hypertransport is a means to provide high bandwidth between the CPU and other devices (ie: RAM).

 

[woot7800GT]

There's stuff on it on the Intel site.

 

[majistic]

Yeah, I know man you must have gotten confused on what I said.