Re: AMD patent about inverse hyperthreading

On 2 Jul 2006 12:12:48 -0700, "David Kanter" <dkanter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

No, they pointed out they exist. They did not mention anything about
common installation, nor feasibility.

So let me ask you, when was the last time someone installed a CPU
driver? Typically it comes with the OS, right?

Last time I installed one was when I wanted to get Cool 'n Quiet to
work on an Athlon64 system. The driver that came bundled with WinXP
did not support the feature, I needed to download one from AMD's
website and install it.

Wow, what a PITA. I'm sure it was worth it, but...wow.

WTF is the big deal here? System vendors supply driver updates all the
time; Tony, I'm sure, builds his own, so he went to AMD, as I did. For our
P-M Thinkpads I told the "Access IBM" (think that was the name) to go fetch
& install updates for BIOS & drivers, which at one time or another, has
included a new SpeedStep driver.

That seems like a reasonable approach.

WHY are you trying to turn this into an AMD vs. Intel issue?... like AMD ==
hard; Intel == easy.

Wow there buddy; I think you're seeing things. My prior post didn't
include anything about how Intel's way was easier or better. You're
the one trying to spin it into AMD versus Intel, I'm looking a rumored
feature that is hypothetically going to be offered by AMD and trying to
figure out if it will work, how it will work and what benefits it will
bring.

Sorry if I misread your intent but your comment about "PITA" and "wow",
attached to the AMD experience seemed rather pointed.

I think that most things that require significant monkeying around with
an installed system are a bad idea. That includes BIOS options for
hyperthreading, speed step, CnQ, etc.

There's always going to be a certain class of drivers which are not
integrated into an OS, either by the OS mfr or the system integrator, or
are so significantly out of date that updates are necessary.

It's fine for the new systems, but a lot of folks with existing systems
won't be bothered to take that step. You could try and argue that
those who need to will, but I'm not convinced that's the case.

The evidence from other fora is that, there is certainly a market segment
which takes the trouble. I guess the rest of the world just limps
along.:-)

--
Rgds, George Macdonald
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