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To: combjelly who wrote (72408)	2/26/2002 11:15:51 AM
From: fyodor_	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

combjelly: it looks as if the current P4 just doesn't have enough resources for hyperthreading unless you play some games. There have been some indications that Intel would be doubling much of the front end for HyperThreading. This would not only explain the high benchmark increases, but also the abnormally large amount of "dark" transistors reported in the P4 (Willamette). -fyo

To: combjelly who wrote (72408)	2/26/2002 7:13:10 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

combjelly, "No, this is worse. If it depending on an exceptionally bright compiler, that would be bad enough. But this depends on the programmer to do the job, a much worse situation." I am afraid the situation is not good for AMD. If you listen to R.Wirt presentation at current IDF, intel.com they are moving to recompile everything into multi-threaded variants. The basis of their compiler technology came from the company they acquired about two years ago, Kuck and Associates, Inc (and the humble servant of yours pointed to this fact on this thread on several occasions). Intel also has now the whole DEC/Compaq compiler team. Expect all market application to be compiled strictly to P4-HT architecture. And I am sure the multi-threaded libraries and drivers will not accelerate AMD platforms, unless AMD managed to incorporate HT (or true dual-procesor) into their CPU cores. - Ali