Intels 3.06GHz P4 to be HyperThreading enabled

[Richard Slater]

It appears that the new 3.06GHz Pentium 4 processor will contain the much talked about HyperThreading™ technology. This allows a single processor to act as two separate CPUs, making more efficient use of the chip circuitry. As yet the only processors using HyperThreading™ technology are the Intel XEON processors commonly found in servers. The addition of this technology into the desktop market could give Intel a “leg up” over AMD.

Read The Inquirer article here
Read the russian site (in russian) that broke the news
Review here (Translation here [google])

 

[Eric Portelance]

This has been rumored for quite some time now, interesting to see it confirmed.

Hyperthreading sounds like a great concept on paper, but we'll have to wait and see if it dramatically improves performance.