dual core

[mammadshah]

whats dual core technology, whats the difference between hperthreading and hpertransport. linux/Unix have more cost according to threads as compre to process while windows perfers threads as compre to processes, is this true then it means AMD is best for linux and Intel is best for windows.

 

[RallyMaster]

google is your friend.

 

[stevty2889]

Dual core= 2 proccessor cores in a single package. It's like having dual cpu's, but they go in a single socket. With certain Xeons and Opteron dual cores, you can have dual dual cores, giving you a total of 4 cpu cores in a single machine.

hyperthreading and hypertransport have nothing to do with eachother.
Hyperthreading is a form of SMT-simultanios multple threads. It basicly make the operating system think there is 2 cpu's when there is actualy only one. It can give ~20% performance increase for programs written to take advanatage of multiple CPU's.

Hypertransport is the communication bus used by A64/Opteron as a replacement for the front side bus. It has a much higher bandwidth than the normal Front side bus that is used by Intel CPU's or Athlon XP and old AMD cpu's.