[clug] Dual core or dual processor?

Simon Burton simon at arrowtheory.com
Mon Nov 27 01:58:45 GMT 2006


On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:24:13 +1100
Hugh Fisher <hugh.fisher at anu.edu.au> wrote:

> 
> My question is, will a dual processor system perform
> significantly better than one dual core CPU on this
> kind of workload? My first guess would be yes, but I
> really have no idea how a 'hyperthreaded' system
> actually schedules threads and/or manages cache and
> memory.
> 
> Any advice, or pointers to advice, appreciated.

If you have any code i'm sure people will be able to benchmark
it on some interesting boxen for you.

Simon.


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