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To: Elmer who wrote (128261)2/25/2001 9:22:11 AM
From: andreas_wonisch  Read Replies (2) of 186894
 
Elmer, c't confirms that Foster will have SMT:

heise.de

"The Pentium 4 server version, know under its codename Foster, will be available as both a single version (DP) and several logical processors on a die (MP). Intel calls this feature 'Jackson Technology', and there is already a flag reserved in the CPU feature Register (bit 28, but this is still secret, as well that the CPUID-Command in EBX [23..16] will contain the number of logical processors. Of course Intel will give the technology with the meaningless codename Jackson technoloy a handy new name comparable to 'NetBurst' or 'Rapid Execution Engine'.

Sorry for the bad translation, the original text can be found below.

Andreas

Wenn schon nicht IA-64, aber die Server-Version des Pentium 4, bekannt unter dem Codenamen Foster, wird neben einer Single-Ausführung (DP) auch mehrere logische Prozessoren (MP) auf einem Chip bieten.

Intel nennt dieses Feature ‘Jackson Technology’, für das im CPU-Feature-Register bereits ein Flag reserviert ist (Bit 28, aber das ist noch geheim, ebenso wie der Umstand, dass bei dem CPUID-Befehl in EBX [23..16] die Zahl der logischen Prozessoren ausgegeben wird). Sicherlich wird Intel die Technik mit dem nichts sagenden Codenamen Jackson Technology noch mit einem griffigen Terminus analog zu ‘NetBurst’ oder ‘Rapid Execution Engine’ umtaufen.
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