Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT)
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
computer architecture technique
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| gptkbp:abbreviation |
gptkb:SMT
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| gptkbp:allows |
better utilization of execution units
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| gptkbp:category |
parallel computing
processor design |
| gptkbp:contrastsWith |
coarse-grained multithreading
fine-grained multithreading |
| gptkbp:enables |
multiple threads to execute simultaneously on a single physical processor core
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| gptkbp:example |
gptkb:IBM_POWER_processors
gptkb:Intel_Hyper-Threading |
| gptkbp:goal |
increase instruction throughput
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT)
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| gptkbp:improves |
processor resource utilization
throughput under multithreaded workloads |
| gptkbp:introducedIn |
gptkb:DEC_Alpha_21264
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| gptkbp:reduces |
single-thread performance in some cases
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
multicore processors
superscalar architecture instruction-level parallelism thread-level parallelism |
| gptkbp:usedIn |
modern CPUs
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:AMD_Ryzen_5
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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