Here:
http://www.tech-report.com/columns/ryu/2001q1/smt/
I think it may have some errors though.
Doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense since threading is handled by the OS. It needs to either know about the multi-threading or see the chip as two separate processors.Quote:
SMT does not require a specially tooled OS; a SMT chip would be considered a uniprocessor design. SMT
The article does have a nice copy of a chart from the U of Washington paper showing the potential performance benefit to SMT.
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