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- noun computing A form of
microprocessor parallelization where eachphysical processor is treated as twovirtual processors.
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The Nehalem family also supports a technology called hyperthreading that allows a chip under some circumstances to simultaneously conduct two sets of instructions, known as threads.
Intel Plans to Expand Xeon Chip Line Into Bigger Servers 2009
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It will make PCs twice as fast as current models and employ a technology called hyperthreading, which allows one chip to work on two tasks (say, burning a CD and editing video) simultaneously.
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The chips for all three classes use a technology known as hyperthreading, says Olaf Hoehne from Intel.
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The chips for all three classes use a technology known as hyperthreading, says Olaf Hoehne from Intel.
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The chips for all three classes use a technology known as hyperthreading, says Olaf Hoehne from Intel.
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The chips for all three classes use a technology known as hyperthreading, says Olaf Hoehne from Intel.
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One of Intel's most ambitious tests of this capability has been hyperthreading, which is a parallelism technique for single-core processors.
Betanews III Scott M. Fulton 2010
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The chips for all three classes use a technology known as hyperthreading, says Olaf Hoehne from Intel.
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One of Intel's most ambitious tests of this capability has been hyperthreading, which is a parallelism technique for single-core processors.
Betanews III Scott M. Fulton 2010
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The chips for all three classes use a technology known as hyperthreading, says Olaf Hoehne from Intel.
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