A HyperThreaded Christmas

nvnews-reader · 08-17-02, 07:44 PM

Could intel be releasing / enabling hyperthreading this winter in response to Hammer?

If so the P4 could give Hammer a run for its money. They claim a 30% improvement in speed over the current P4 that’s like adding a 1000mhz to a 3.06ghz P4.

Check it out: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5000

If so does that change anyone’s wishlist?

08-17-02, 09:02 PM

i doubt it will give a 30% performance increase in applications that aren't already designed to work with multiple CPUs. those are slim and far between.

netviper13 · 08-17-02, 09:03 PM

I doubt hyper-threading could give that much of an improvement to the Northwood core. I mean, if moving to .13 micron, adding Hyper-Transport, tweaking the cache, and making other improvements to the core gives Hammer an ~25% increase per clock over the T'Bred core, simply enabling one thing in a processor wouldn't give that big of an improvement.

If you were talking about their .09 Prescott chip, though, there's no way that will be out this year.

08-17-02, 07:44 PM	#1
nvnews-reader Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 333	A HyperThreaded Christmas Could intel be releasing / enabling hyperthreading this winter in response to Hammer? If so the P4 could give Hammer a run for its money. They claim a 30% improvement in speed over the current P4 that’s like adding a 1000mhz to a 3.06ghz P4. Check it out: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5000 If so does that change anyone’s wishlist?

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08-17-02, 09:02 PM	#2
StealthHawk Guest Posts: n/a	i doubt it will give a 30% performance increase in applications that aren't already designed to work with multiple CPUs. those are slim and far between.

08-17-02, 09:03 PM	#3
netviper13 Treehugger Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 942	I doubt hyper-threading could give that much of an improvement to the Northwood core. I mean, if moving to .13 micron, adding Hyper-Transport, tweaking the cache, and making other improvements to the core gives Hammer an ~25% increase per clock over the T'Bred core, simply enabling one thing in a processor wouldn't give that big of an improvement. If you were talking about their .09 Prescott chip, though, there's no way that will be out this year.