Parallel Programming Talk #64 - Hyper-Threading with Intel Engineer Garrett Drysdale

Welcome to Show 64 of Parallel Programming Talk. Originally broadcast on February 16, 2010. On this episode Clay and Aaron talked Hyper-Threading with Intel Engineer Garrett Drysdale.









First the New:


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Workshop on Parallel Programming Patterns
ParaPLoP 2010: March 30 - April 1 2010 in Carefree, AZ

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On Today's Show:

Garrett Drysdale is a Sr. Software Performance Engineer for Intel.  Garrett has analyzed and optimized software on Intel platforms since 1995 spanning the client, workstation, and enterprise server spaces.  Garrett currently works with enterprise software developers to analyze and optimize server applications, and with internal design teams to assist in evaluating the impact of new technologies on software performance for future Intel platforms.  Garrett has a BSEE from University of Missouri-Rolla and a MSEE from The Georgia Institute of Technology (Go Jackets!).

Performance Insights to Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology: Analysis of the HT Effects on a Server Transactional Workload

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