WindowsXP, HyperThreading, and You

"Intel Corp. is expected to unveil this week a performance-enhancing technology that's due in an upcoming release of its 3GHz Pentium 4. But an apparent lack of necessary support from Microsoft Corp. will mean few early adopters will be able to take advantage of it."

They are speaking mostly in terms to your OS and does it support the new technology.

"But the technology requires software designed for multiprocessor systems. Currently, most consumer software products, including Windows XP Home Edition, don't support hyperthreading."

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