Yes, hyperthreading is Intel's name for SMT. It was first introduced in 2002 in Pentium 4. Here's the wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-threading
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 10:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Webcasts - New Technology for System z On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 08:22:00 -0600, Jerry wrote: > >Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) is a technique for increasing the >efficiency of CPUs to deliver more throughput per processor core. It >has been exploited on IBM POWER Systems and Intel processors for >several years but not yet implemented on IBM System z mainframe >processors. However, there have been signals that SMT will be available on the >next System z machine. >If this happens, we should understand SMT, how it might be implemented >on the mainframe, and what it means to mainframe installations. In >these webcasts, Bob Rogers, retired IBM Distinguished Engineer, will >provide the historical background and future prognostication to provide >insight into this technology before it appears for z/OS and zLinux >systems. Webcasts are scheduled for Tuesday, January 13 at 2 pm EST (11 >am PST) or Thursday, January 15 at 2 pm EST (11 am PST). Registration >link at http://www.newera-info.com/zExchange.html > Is this similar to hyperthreading? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
