Hyperthreading
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hyperthreading is a noun meaning (computing) A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors.
Meaning
(computing) A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors.
Example Sentences
The scope of hyperthreading instructions is not covered in this book.
There are some cases where hyperthreading actually degrades CPU performance, especially when CPU utilization is high.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include threading, hyper, pseudoparallelism, multithreading, parallelism, superpipelining.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.