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Ollivier Robert wrote:
> On 7/05/2009 10:17, Bob Bishop wrote:
>> AFAICS the reference doesn't support that conclusion at all.
> Nehalem CPUs'HT feature is significantly different from the one present 
> in previous P4 CPUs.  Apparently, Nehalem's HT works.  Memory bandwidth 
> being much higher helps too.
> 

I keep here the anecdote that "it's better".  Is there a good reference 
somewhere that describes exactly how it works?

Scott