Quoting "Ricardo Ryoiti S. Junior" <suga@netbsd.com.br>:
> 	Having a dual 1GHz machine does not mean that programs 
will
> run as
> if they were on a 2Ghz processor, but you can run two
> programs/threads/processes (or n * (number of processors)) as
> if they had
> the CPU at 1ghz only for them (of course, efficiency is not
> 100%).
> 	When compiling something with make, use make -j 4 and 
open
> top to see what's happening. Your system will fork 4 compiling
> tasks,
> should be much faster.

How does this compare with the HT 3.06 from Intel?  From your 
description, it sounds like NetBSD would handle this chip 
through the MP kernel?
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