Category Archives: Intel

Intel VT FlexMigration and AMD-V Extended Migration – Enabling Dynamic, Agile Data Centers

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Humair

Server virtualization/consolidation is becoming a norm and data centers and enterprises are now looking towards the horizon at how to bring dynamic, agile, and flexible capabilities to their IT infrastructure. What I will focus on here is one specific technology … Continue reading →

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Intel Hyper-Threading Technology

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Humair

Intel Hyper-Threading Technology (HT Technology) enables each processing core to run multiple tasks or “threads” at the same time. Intel HT Technology also improves overall performance on threaded software by increasing processor throughput. For each physical processor core, the operating … Continue reading →

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Symmetrical Multiprocessing in the Physical and Virtual World

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Humair

The continuous shrinking of transistor size has pushed the limits of how many transistors can be placed on a single die (currently in the millions). In consequence, to utilize the increased amount of transistors, the CPU or “the core” has … Continue reading →

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