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To: kapkan4u who wrote (72386)	2/25/2002 12:36:28 AM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 275872

P4's flaccid front-end can't keep up with single threaded tasks. Multi-threading will positively choke it, especially with large workload server applications. Then you've got nothing to worry about now, right? After all, they designed it without consulting you! These poorly designed P4s that "can't keep up with single threaded tasks" just turn in the fastest Integer scores in the world. Power4 with it's SOI, 1.5Meg ondie cache and 128Meg L3 just manage to tie it before HT. EP

To: kapkan4u who wrote (72386)	2/25/2002 8:56:02 AM
From: Charles Gryba	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

kap, you are forgetting that Kanellos said that it will show 30-50% improvement on SPECIFIC benchmarks. They are cooking the books again. I have a feeling this SMT thing will blow up in Intel's face. C

To: kapkan4u who wrote (72386)	2/27/2002 10:57:28 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 275872

P4's flaccid front-end can't keep up with single threaded tasks. Multi-threading will positively choke it, especially with large workload server applications. One of your more memorable posts... infoworld.com The performance advantages of hyperthreading are undeniable. Our tests of a hyperthreading-enabled Intel Xeon DP server showed, on average, a 45.71 percent increase in SQL transaction performance and a 31.13 percent increase in three-tier Web application performance, versus the same system with hyperthreading disabled.