ksosx86. Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 In Mac OS X Snow Leopard how does HT work? Meaning does the activity monitor read four extra cores in the case of the core i5 or i7 cpus, or does HT only affect specific multi-threaded applications? Also does HT even work at all in Snow Leopard, or is that a non-OS X technology? In-a-nut-shell, is it like windows where the os recognizes additional cpus? Any links or further info on this would be nice as I haven't been able to scrounge up much via search or google on HT and OSX86. I use apps that appreciate multithreading (video transcoding, 3d rendering, editing, etc....) so that's pretty much the reason for this question. Also: Sorry if this issue has already been discussed. Edit: Is HT something that can work with Vanilla, meaning no excessive modding. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/225629-how-does-hyperthreading-work/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksosx86. Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 bump, does anyone know about this stuff? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/225629-how-does-hyperthreading-work/#findComment-1514796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdnz01 Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Yes, it's reconized as additional CPUs. I'm using the vanilla kernel and my i7 shows 8 cores in activity monitor. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/225629-how-does-hyperthreading-work/#findComment-1514949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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