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Figure 3-30 Windows Task Manager with the Performance tab displayed for

a system running a Hyper-Threaded Pentium 4

Multithreading enhances a CPU’s efficiency but with a couple of

limitations. First, the operating system and the application must be designed

to take advantage of the feature. Second, although the CPU simulates the

actions of a second processor, it doesn’t double the processing power because

the main execution resources are not duplicated.

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