dual-core vs. HyperThreading

[Jerry Feldman]

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:17:16 -0400
dan <dan at rastech.com> wrote:

> A client has some complex simulation/modelling software which runs (a) 
> much faster and (b) without bogus results with HT disabled. The software 
> vendor says the bogus results are due to their code, not HT itself, but 
> HT exposes a flaw in their design. Since the application also runs much 
> faster with HT disabled, there's no downside to it in that application 
> at least.
They should fix their code too :-)
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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