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Re:Ryzen CPU HyperThreads break if 100% busy and interrupted... by netheril96 on Saturday August 05, 2017 @03:44AM (#14934651)
TLB, As Translation Lookaside Buffer? Won't memory access slow down dramatically if that is disabled?
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Re:Ryzen CPU HyperThreads break if 100% busy and interrupted... by sveiss on Saturday August 05, 2017 @04:50AM (#14934837)
Yup, and it did: http://techreport.com/review/13741/phenom-tlb-patch-benchmar...
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Re:Ryzen CPU HyperThreads break if 100% busy and interrupted... by dom0 on Saturday August 05, 2017 @06:44AM (#14935128)
The Phenom bug was about the L2 TLB; the L1 TLB worked just fine. It still decreased performance significantly — about 5-20 % depending on workload.
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