[geeks] testing..

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Dan Sikorski wrote:
>> 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.
>
> The newest (released last month) have 8 cores, 2 (?) threads per core.
> They also can be used in 8 socket systems.

If you're referring to "Beckton", I don't think they've actually been 
released yet.  I think they've just been announced.  They've certainly 
not reached the wild yet, although samples may have reached builders for 
testing.

Peace...  Sridhar