Hyper-Threading Technology

Enterprise, online business, and gaming software applications continue to place higher demands on processors. To improve performance in the past, threading was enabled in software by splitting instructions into multiple streams. With today's Hyper-Threading Technology (HT Technology)¹ you get thread-level parallelism on each processor resulting in more efficient use of processor resources–higher processing throughput–and improved performance on today's multithreaded software.


An Intel processor and chipset used with an OS and BIOS supporting HT Technology allows you to:


# Run demanding desktop applications simultaneously while maintaining system responsiveness.

# Keep systems more secure, efficient, and manageable, while minimizing impact on productivity .

# Provide headroom for future business growth and new solution capabilities .

Better gaming and multimedia::

HT Technology enables gaming enthusiasts to play the latest titles and experience ultra-realistic effects and game play. And multimedia enthusiasts can create, edit, and encode graphically intensive files while running background applications such as virus scan in the background–all without slowing down.



Improving enterprise environments and online business:

With HT Technology, multithreaded server software applications can execute threads in parallel within each processor in a server platform. And with HT Technology in enterprise and e-business environments, businesses can:

* Improve business productivity by doing more at once without slowing down .
* Provide faster response times for Internet and e-Business applications,
enhancing customer experiences .

* Increase the number of transactions that can be processed simultaneously .

* Utilize existing technologies while maintaining future readiness with compatibility for existing 32-bit applications and OSs while being prepared for the future of 64-bit.


Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) requires a computer system with an Intel® Processor supporting Intel HT Technology and an Intel HT Technology enabled chipset, BIOS, and operating system. Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software you use. See www.intel.com/products/ht/hyperthreading_more.htm for more information including details on which processors support Intel HT Technology.