Saturday, May 16th 2009
Windows 7 Benefits from HyperThreading Better
Intel's HyperThreading technology (HTT) was a nifty feature back in the Pentium 4 days, where the single-core processor could interact with the OS by providing two logical processors. The feature was known to enhance performance for applications that supported SMT. With the Core i7 and Atom series, HTT made a comeback, and software major Microsoft seems to be busy optimizing its newest OS, Windows 7, to make the make the most out of HTT, better than older versions of the OS could.
Speaking with InformationWeek, Microsoft's senior VP for Windows development Bill Veghte said "The work that we've done in Windows 7 in the scheduler and the core of the system to take full advantage of those [HyperThreading] capabilities, ultimately we think we can deliver a great and better experience for you." This could particularly come as good news for users with multi-threaded productivity applications, and newer 3D games. Intel's roadmaps show a rosy future for HTT, after entry-level Atom and enthusiast-level Core i7 featuring it, Intel has an entire lineup of CPUs under the Core i5 series that support HTT.
Source:
InformationWeek
Speaking with InformationWeek, Microsoft's senior VP for Windows development Bill Veghte said "The work that we've done in Windows 7 in the scheduler and the core of the system to take full advantage of those [HyperThreading] capabilities, ultimately we think we can deliver a great and better experience for you." This could particularly come as good news for users with multi-threaded productivity applications, and newer 3D games. Intel's roadmaps show a rosy future for HTT, after entry-level Atom and enthusiast-level Core i7 featuring it, Intel has an entire lineup of CPUs under the Core i5 series that support HTT.
74 Comments on Windows 7 Benefits from HyperThreading Better
Waits for AMD fanboy to come in and quote "Real Men Use Real Cores"...
LMAO
sometimes i want an i7 but i cant afford it
Might give them a shot in my next system if this "optimization" really helps. Sounds like a marketing ploy TBH. Didn't intel just get fined a gajillion dollars? :rolleyes:
That should give you some idea :toast:.
I don't think i7 will get any boost out of this
And another link:
www.pcformat.co.uk/node/967
hyperthreading make the processor power hungry because the cpu has to maintain two pipelines always active, that's why core i7 is hot as a blast furnace.
thats why real man have real cores.
Mybe will AMD copy this HT from Intel...
Intel has copy from AMD...
AMD64->EM64T
AMD HyperTransport->Intel QuickPath
Now its AMD turn
;)
Oh, Intel gives you real cores and virtual cores, also the option to disable the virtual ones. Double benefit. Cut the propaganda, if you don't have a legitimate argument.
when you have multisocket servers hyperthreading dont scale well
see this
this is the web site test (anandtech)
thats 8 cores 16 threads intel vs 8 cores amd