[geeks] testing..

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> Those are four threads per core, so it's "only" 8 cores, and they're 8
>> cores per socket.
>
> You are obviously correct, I've been brainwashed by MS/Intel to falsely
> believe that 'thread' equals 'core'...

Except Intel still produces multi-core chips that also use 
Hyperthreading.  I think the biggest chips from Intel nowadays are four 
(six?) cores with two threads apiece.

Peace...  Sridhar