In 2002, Intel introduced “Hyper-Threading” technology in its Xeon family of processors. Modern operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X allow each program to have multiple threads, or separate processes. Hyper-Threading allows the same core in a multicore processor to execute two threads instead of one. When a core becomes idle, Hyper-Threading puts it back to work on another thread, improving the computer’s overall processing speed. Writer Bio
