[mythtv-users] What is a "dual core processor"?

[ryan patterson]

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Jeff Thurston <jthurston at skyline-ats.com> wrote:
> Sorry for the top-post, I use Outlook :/
>
> Hyperthreading has been described by many as "latency hiding".
> I won't go into gory detail of what that means, but the simple answer is
> "No." it is nothing close to dual-core. It was/is mostly a gimmick to get
> around the poor performance of the early Pentium4 design.
> For AV processing, hyperthreading could even hurt your performance.
>

WTF!  Don't apologize for top posting just don't do it.  Does outlook
actively stop you from scrolling to the bottom of the message before
you type your reply?

Furthermore hyperthreading is not a gimmick like you are saying.
Hyperthreading is very useful in systems that spend a lot of time near
100% CPU usage.  It is not useful for systems that sit idle most of
the time and only want maximum performance in short bursts.  In
summary, for 99.9% of home users hyperthreading is not useful.  But
for 99.9% of the computational problems that get solved on computers
hyperthreading is useful.

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