[Gllug] Best option for a lot of compute power

[Martyn Drake]

Tethys originally wrote:

> Yep, sorry. I was thinking of single CPU systems, where a
> hyperthreaded P4 system is indeed cheaper than an equivalent Opteron.
> Incidentally, what's the deal with Xeons? It always used to be that
> the Xeon had large cache sizes, which justified the premium price.
> Now a normal P4 has the same on chip cache, so why does the Xeon cost
> so much more, and what extra do you get for your money? Just the
> ability to run multiple CPUs, or is it something more than that?

Speaking of P4 hyperthreading - isn't Intel supposed to be given it a bit of
revamp with the later CPUs (possibly the EM64 or whatever technology Intel
is calling it) so that non-HT optimised applications can take a bit more
advantage of it?

Regards,

	Martyn


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