Intel HT
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Intel HT is Intel’s simultaneous multithreading technology that allows a single physical processor core to appear as multiple logical cores to improve parallel performance and resource utilization.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Intel technology
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simultaneous multithreading technology ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hyper-Threading
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Hyper-Threading Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| benefits |
highly parallel desktop workloads
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multithreaded applications ⓘ server workloads ⓘ |
| category |
CPU performance optimization
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parallel computing technology ⓘ |
| configurable | can be enabled or disabled in BIOS ⓘ |
| developedBy | Intel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
multi-core processors
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multi-socket systems ⓘ |
| effect |
allows one physical core to appear as multiple logical cores
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improves throughput of multithreaded workloads ⓘ increases instruction-level parallelism utilization ⓘ |
| exposes | two logical processors per physical core on many Intel CPUs ⓘ |
| fullName | Intel Hyper-Threading Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| granularity | core-level multithreading ⓘ |
| improves | throughput per core ⓘ |
| introducedByMicroarchitecture | Intel NetBurst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInProductLine | Intel Pentium 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketingNameUsedIn |
Intel Core desktop processors
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Intel Core mobile processors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mayCause | resource contention between logical processors ⓘ |
| mayReduce | single-thread performance in some cases ⓘ |
| operatesOn |
CPU cores
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hardware execution resources ⓘ |
| purpose |
improve parallel performance
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improve resource utilization ⓘ |
| relatedTo | AMD simultaneous multithreading ⓘ |
| requires |
BIOS or firmware enabling
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operating system support for logical processors ⓘ |
| shares |
L1 cache between logical processors
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L2 cache between logical processors ⓘ execution units between logical processors ⓘ front-end resources such as instruction fetch and decode ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Intel Core i3 processors
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Intel Core i5 processors NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel Core i7 processors NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel Core i9 processors NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel Pentium 4 processors NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel Xeon processors NERFINISHED ⓘ some Intel Atom processors ⓘ |
| technologyType | simultaneous multithreading ⓘ |
| uses | duplicated architectural state per logical processor ⓘ |
| visibleAs | logical processors to the operating system ⓘ |
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