To hyper-thread or not to hyper-thread

[William Hooper]

> As far as I can tell both cores have their separate 1M cache. But
> lshw-gui reports HT is supported

You might want to check out this blog post by Dave Jones:
http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/2009/11/10/common-hyperthreading-misconception/

A small quote: "The ‘ht’ flag doesn’t signify the presence of
hyper-threading or not. It signifies the presence of the ability to
say yes or no as to whether the processor has any siblings."

-- 
William Hooper