Hyper-threading refers to a technology developed by Intel^® which is incorporated into some of Intel's Pentium 4 processors.

Hyper-threading basically extends the multi-tasking capability of the processor by allowing more than one instruction thread to be processed at a time.

Most processors can only process one instruction thread at a time, with Hyper-threading this is extended to 2 threads giving a significant increase in processor performance.

For more about Hyper-threading visit Intel's website which you can find here.

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