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I've been getting a fair number of questions about multi-threading the past couple of weeks. The reason is that Intel has been previewing its "Nehalem EX" Xeon processor in advance of Advanced Micro ...

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Intel executives told the Microprocessor Forum last week that its simultaneous multi-threading techniques will run out of steam around 2006. But in the meantime, the company will continue to exploit ...

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Intel's Bartlett Lake Core 7 253PE has shown 26% faster multi-threaded performance than hybrid chips in benchmarks.

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