Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 05:22:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Barney Cordoba <barney_cordoba@yahoo.com> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>, pluknet <pluknet@gmail.com> Cc: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hypertherading Message-ID: <484220.40675.qm@web63907.mail.re1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <a31046fc0905080413t6f92778am1377acc06812f177@mail.gmail.com>
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--- On Fri, 5/8/09, pluknet <pluknet@gmail.com> wrote: > From: pluknet <pluknet@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Hypertherading > To: "Scott Long" <scottl@samsco.org> > Cc: "Ollivier Robert" <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>, freebsd-current@freebs= d.org > Date: Friday, May 8, 2009, 7:13 AM > 2009/5/7 Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>: > > 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. =A0Apparently, Nehalem's HT > works. =A0Memory bandwidth being > >> much higher helps too. > >> > > > > I keep here the anecdote that "it's > better". =A0Is there a good reference > > somewhere that describes exactly how it works? > > > > Scott >=20 > Hi. >=20 > There is a number of synthetic, low-level, and h/level > application > nehalem tests flowing around in Russian. > Also, not far ago (31.12.2008 18:09) Intel has published > the Intel > Optimization Reference Manual for x32/64. > (see ch. 8). It might be useful. > http://download.intel.com/design/processor/manuals/248966.pdf. >=20 Ah, Intel says that its higher priced processors are better than their lower priced processors. There's evidence you can take to the bank. Barney=0A=0A=0A
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