System monitor show 8 CPUs for my Intel i7-3820QM?
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I have a new System76 Gazelle laptop with an Intel i7-3820QM CPU. My understanding was that this chip was a quad-core. If so, why does system monitor show 8 cpus?
Because this CPU is equipped with Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology, this means that for each physical core you get 2 logical thread, 4 times 2 is equal to 8.
Because this CPU is equipped with Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology, this means that for each physical core you get 2 logical thread, 4 times 2 is equal to 8.
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