What is hyper-threading technology?

Answer by  JohnH (7)

Hyper-threading is a technology that allows a single processor to appear as though it is actually multiple distinct processors to the Operating System of the PC. It does this in order to increase the overall performance and more efficiently carry out the tasks needed. The technology was invented by Intel.

Answer by  nireshis (18)

Hyper-threading technology are terms used in computer processors. It is a technology that allow a single processor to act like two processors working simultaneously.

Answer by  computeruser29 (6)

It allows for multiple applications or threads on your computer to simultaneously use the processor. It increases performance where the user runs apps simultaineously, or the apps are multi threaded.

Answer by  Ken56 (1160)

It's a technology owned by Intel. It helps computers do multiple tasks at once. For each processor core in a computer, the operating system will address two virtual processors, thus enabling them to share workloads of computing. It works by dupicating certain sections of computor processors. The technology was put into use in year 2002.