Cores, Threads and Intel vs Power7 -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Cores, Threads and Intel vs Power7
From: Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:16:40 -0700
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I have a AMD Quad Core Desktop. Windows Performance info in the Task Manager
shows 4 separate CPU graphs. 1 per core. Now my new Thinkpad T520 has what
is sold as a Dual Core i5 which as 2 threads per core. Windows Performance
info in the Task Manager show '4' separate graphs, I assume 1 per Thread.

Does this mean by Intel and Window's standards that a Power7 Quad Core
running IBM i 7.1 is really a 16 core system?
What about IBM's new 775 water cooled with 256 real cores?

See 775 here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQwqfiQEjNM

Just wondering out loud...

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Follow-Ups:

Re: Cores, Threads and Intel vs Power7 , Charles Wilt
Re: Cores, Threads and Intel vs Power7 , James Lampert
Re: Cores, Threads and Intel vs Power7 , Nathan Andelin

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