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> Adding SMP is like adding a second person to help assemble widgets, but you're still using the same toolbox, so if you both need the same screwdriver, there's
by ImPostingOnHN 1y ago
> Adding SMP is like adding a second person to help assemble widgets, but you're still using the same toolbox, so if you both need the same screwdriver, there's no performance benefit to having a second person.
This sounds like hyperthreading – or, maybe I'm missing the screwdriver in the metaphor :)
- ranger207 1y agoHyperthreading is Intel's implementation of SMP
- Sohcahtoa82 1y agoFunny thing is, when I was first typing that comment, I started with "Hyperthreading" and deleted it in favor of SMP to be vendor agnostic. EDIT: And it should have been SMT anyways!
- _ihaque 1y agoI think you mean SMT (simultaneous multithreading), as opposed to SMP (symmetric multiprocessing)?
- Sohcahtoa82 1y agoAh hell, that was MY mistake. It should be SMT in my original comment and it's way too late to edit it now.