[luau] Hyper technology

[Warren Togami]

LinuxDan wrote:
> Also, hyperthreading technology started with the 2.0 chip. It increases
> processing speeds up to twice as fast as a dual processor and utilizes the

Hyperthreading will NEVER have performance twice as fast as a real dual 
processor.  Most of the time you will have only a few percent 
performance increase, and some things actually go SLOWER with 
hyperthreading.  Only very special cases optimized for hyperthreading 
have significant gains.

> L1 and L2 cache as well so don't buy into any negative comments about
> hyperthreading until you read the facts.  Buy the way, the unit described in
> this article was a Dell and came preinstalled with RH7.2.
> 
> Dan

I don't profess to understand completely how L1 and L2 cache works, but 
I know enough to say I don't think you understand the true nature of 
this situation.  Hyperthreading simply doesn't make things twice as 
fast.  No disrespect intended.

Warren