Intel Hyper-Threading Technology

Today's Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology)¹ delivers thread-level parallelism on each processor resulting in more efficient use of processor resources—higher processing throughput—and improved performance on the multi-threaded software of today and tomorrow.

An Intel® processor and chipset combined with an OS and BIOS supporting Intel® HT Technology allows you to:

• Run demanding desktop applications simultaneously while maintaining system responsiveness
• Keep systems more secure, efficient, and manageable while minimizing impact on productivity
• Provide headroom for future business growth and new solution capabilities

Enabling better graphics
Intel HT Technology helps multimedia enthusiasts create, edit, and encode graphically intensive files while running background applications such as virus protection software without compromise to performance.

Improving business efficiency
With Intel HT Technology, multi-threaded software applications can execute threads in parallel within each processor core. When Intel HT Technology and Intel® Turbo Boost Technology are combined in processors based on Intel® Microarchitecture, codenamed Nehalem, intelligent server processors deliver better performance by adapting to the workload and automatically disabling inactive cores and increasing processor frequency on remaining cores to get the tasks done quicker.

With Intel HT Technology, businesses can:
• Improve business productivity by doing more simultaneously without slowing down
• Provide faster response times for Internet and e-commerce applications, enhancing customer experiences
• Increase the number of transactions that can be processed simultaneously
• Utilize existing 32-bit applications technologies while maintaining 64-bit future readiness
Intelligent performance
See how Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) enables new Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series-based servers to deliver intelligent performance.