yep. it already sees a P4 with SMT (hyperthreading) as 2 CPUs, so not much different from now.
will the OS see a dual core cpu exactly the same as a 2 cpu system?
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yep. it already sees a P4 with SMT (hyperthreading) as 2 CPUs, so not much different from now.
well, right, if the cores have HT then it will.