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		jamieiles on May 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New x86 micro-op vulnerability breaks all known Sp... Thunder X2 and X3 has 4 way SMT for general purpose, but yes, more ARM is good :-)

hajile on May 1, 2021 [–]

4-way and 8-way SMT is about latency hiding (like MIMT in GPUs, but more flexible). It increases the probability that at least one thread has data it can be crunching.

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