Simultaneous multi-threading is a useful performance tool for processor designers, but it doesn't have the same benefit that adding a full core does. I’ve been getting a fair number of questions about ...

Simultaneous multithreading essentially allows a chip to run two applications, or two “threads” of the same application, at the same time–thereby reducing the time it requires to complete a task.

Ever since it became clear that AMD's Carrizo would be a mobile update with a focus on energy efficiency as opposed to raw performance, enthusiasts and investors have been hungry for details about the ...

The next generation of AMD processors could enjoy even more capable multithreaded performance with an improvement to simultaneous multithreading, called SM4. It would effectively give Zen 3-powered ...

Forward-looking: New research details a process that allows a CPU, GPU, and AI accelerator to work seamlessly in parallel on separate tasks. The pioneering breakthrough could provide blazing-fast, ...

You've likely noticed notes about cores and threads when shopping for a new processor, but you may not realize they're two very different things.