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Date:      Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:03:48 -0800
From:      Liontaur <liontaur@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Per core frequency control
Message-ID:  <AANLkTinyhLt%2BB%2BPbqYr9xW2b2PjG0J022ibrL-8PhmpW@mail.gmail.com>
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References:  <201011091256.51140.naylor.b.david@gmail.com> <4CD949D7.6030003@stillbilde.net> <AANLkTikBFoKBprozoi2%2BUyCPy9mqx094NJmWEgMtod-N@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:54 AM, David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 5:17 AM, Svein Skogen (Listmail account)
> <svein-listmail@stillbilde.net> wrote:
> > You did read the "symmetric" part of "symmetric multi processor" didn't
> you?
> >
> > It's a limitation of the technology. One clock.
>
> I don't think that's quite true.  The newer Intel server chipsets have
> the ability to throttle back idle cores and boost the speed of active
> ones, to improve performance on single-threaded workloads.
>

AMD has similar technology on the Phenom's as well. I'm not sure how
factually accurate the following link's assessment is but it's a good read
either way.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3641/amd-divulges-phenom-ii-x6-secrets-turbo-core-enabled


Mark



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