>On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 18:06, Daniel Phillips wrote:
>
>
>
>>On Saturday 26 October 2002 00:14, Alan Cox wrote:
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>>>Im just wondering what we would then use to describe a true multiple cpu
>>>on a die x86. Im curious what the powerpc people think since they have
>>>this kind of stuff - is there a generic terminology they prefer ?
>>>
>>>
>>MIPS also has it, for N=2.
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>
>Yep, neat chip :)
>
>POWER4 calls the technology "Chip-Multiprocessing (CMP)" but I have
>never seen terminology for referring to the on-core processors
>individually.
>
>They do call the SMT units "threads" obviously, however, so if Alan is
>OK with it maybe we should go with Jun's opinion and name the field
>"thread" ?
>
>
"thread" already has another use. Let's not let the idiocy [most
likely] perpetrated by marketing folks to filter down to the useful
technical level. :)
Sorta like Intel and their re-re-use of "IPF." It's only going to
increase confusion.
Jeff
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