Daran wrote:
> Could this feature of forthcoming Intel processors be used to do
> trial factorisation without adversely impacting upon a simultaneous
> LL?

This was discussed in March, starting in Digest Number 945.

Short answer: no.

Medium answer: If an application were not already optimized for
maximum pipelining, hyperthreading would allow another application
to use unused pipeline capacity.  But Prime95 is already so optimized.

Richard Woods

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