[svlug] HT and AMD X2 boxes was: cheap machine and Linux installation woes

[Karen Shaeffer]

On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 11:04:26AM -0700, Lord Sauron wrote:
> 
> Yes, HT stands for both HyperTransport and HyperThreading.
> 
> I've never seen a AMD chip (correctly) advertised as having
> HyperThreading, which is a Intel technology.  HyperTransport is a AMD
> technology.

Hello,

HyperTransport is not AMD technology -- it is an open standard of the
HyperTransport Consortium. AMD is a top tier member of the HyperTransport
Consortium. AMD provides full support for the HT specifications in it's
Opteron chipsets -- but AMD does not control nor constrain third party
use of the HT specifications.

Thanks,
Karen
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