Xeons are workstation/server processors. They can be used in uni or multi processor systems. You can in fact run just one. Random google seach on "xeon" and "workstation" brings up: http://www.hp.com/workstations/products/winnt/x4000/summary.html
As you can see you can happily run it as a single or dual processor system... And as for why one instead of two... true I'd rather have a single 2.8 GHz processor instead of dual 1.4's. But price is a consideration. One 2.8 GHz Processor = $470 on pricewatch.com. Two P4 1.4 GHz processors = $278. But then again, if money isn't a concern I'd rather have dual 2.8 GHz processors. Or I'd just wait to see if I could get dual 3.06 GHz processors hooked up on or after October 25th. 6.12 GHz... wouldn't that be sweet. Tom's Hardware has some bits about HyperThreading here: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert L. Cochran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 8:35 PM Subject: Re: Hyper Threaded Pentium 4 I take it that the Xeon line is for multiple CPU > motherboards -- you don't just run one Xeon, am I right? What does it > mean, to be 'cpu cache bound'? > > Do your comments also mean the Red Hat kernel won't need testing on the > new Hyper Threaded P4s? > > Thanks > > Bob Cochran > > Samuel Flory wrote: > > > Red Hat has support this since one of the 7.2 kernel updates. This is > > old hat on the current crop of Xeon (aka P4 Xeon). Linux treats them > > as multiple cpus. Don't assume that this will make your system faster. > > If you tend to only one process active at a time then it will slow > > things down. It's also really bad if you are cpu cache bound. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list >
