Overview

Business desktop PCs powered by the Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology¹ are designed to meet the demands of today's toughest business challenges, giving users the power to do more at once. Pioneered on Intel's advanced server processors and supported now on the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor, Hyper-Threading Technology (HT Technology)² empowers the PC client with advanced performance that delivers immediate business value. HT Technology enhances Intel® NetBurst® microarchitecture to enable a single Pentium 4 processor to execute two software tasks or threads simultaneously. This improves performance by enabling operating systems designed for HT Technology to utilise resources that otherwise would sit idle. By deploying the Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology, users see an immediate performance impact and increased system responsiveness in today's multitasking environments — up to 25 percent.^#

How Hyper-Threading Technology Works

Hyper-Threading Technology allows two threads (or parts of a software program) to execute simultaneously on a single Intel Pentium 4 processor. A Hyper-Threading Technology-aware operating system such as Microsoft Windows XP Professional* "sees" two virtual processors, instead of a single physical Pentium 4 processor. By using resources that might otherwise sit idle, the Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper-Threading Technology delivers noticeable performance increases over current software in a multitasking environment, no code modifications needed.

Intel® 915G Express Chipset

The new Intel® 915G Express Chipset is optimised to work with the Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology. This enhances computing performance in today's multitasking environment. Based on the new PCI Express bus architecture, the 915G Express Chipset delivers the most advanced PC core architecture in over a decade. With an improvement of over 3.5X in graphics and I/O throughput over previous generations, this combination provides the scalability for emerging applications and evolving business usage models.

Intel® Stable Image Platform Program

As a leading provider of core PC technologies, Intel developed the Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (Intel® SIPP) to help address the need for stable image hardware platforms. Intel SIPP combines four elements that help increase platform image stability and duration.

• Greater Intel® product stability helps IT reduce the number of system qualifications and helps enable greater software image stability.
• Intel® Stable Image Technology helps PC vendors offer stable platforms that reduce forced or unexpected image requalifications.
• Intel transition guidance help companies promote effective PC deployments by aligning hardware updates to Intel SIPP component launches.
• Intel's renowned compatibility and validation testing provides greater confidence on large-scale deployments.

• Intel SIPP Desktop Transition Guide
• Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (Intel® SIPP) components

Get Ready

Hyper-Threading Technology requires a computer system with an Intel Pentium 4 processor supporting HT Technology and an HT Technology enabled chipset, BIOS and operating system. To ensure the PCs you buy deliver the benefits of Hyper-Threading Technology, look for systems with the Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology logo, which indicates your vendor has verified the system supports HT Technology. Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software you use. See http://www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading/ for more information, including details on which processors support HT Technology.

¹ Look for systems with the Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology logo which your system vendor has verified utilise Hyper-Threading Technology. Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software you use. See this page for information.

^# Source: Intel. Configuration: Intel® Pentium® III processor at 500 MHz-Intel® Desktop Board SE440BX-2, 128-MB PC100 CL2 SDRAM, Leadtek* WinFast GeForce* 3/ nVidia* GeForce 3 4x AGP Graphics, nVidia Detonator* 3 reference driver 21.81, IBM DTLA-307030 30GB ATA-100 Hard Drive, Intel® Application Accelerator v1.1, Windows XP default driver Ultra DMA Mode 2; Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 2.80 GHz/533 MHz-Intel® 915G Express Chipset Desktop Board, 512-MB DDR333 CL2.5-3-3; Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology 2.80 GHz/800 MHz, 3 GHz/800 MHz-Intel® 915G Express Chipset Desktop Board, 512-MB DDR333 CL2.5-3-3; All Platforms Except Pentium III Processor Integrated graphics with Intel® Extreme Graphics, Graphics Driver Beta Candidate 6.13.01.3314, Microsoft* Default UDMA-5, Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility 5.00.1003 beta, IBM 80GB 120GXP IC35L080AVVA07-0 ATA 100 Hard Drive; Intel® C & FORTRAN compilers 6.0 for SPEC, DirectX 8.1, Windows XP Build 2600 SP1, 100 Mbps Intel® Pro/100+ Management PCI LAN Card. Performance tests and ratings are measured using specific computer systems and/or components and reflect the approximate performance of Intel products as measured by those tests. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance.