I just got done reading a through a couple of recent threads on the subject of "the best machine" to build for Xilinx tools. Last week I had a conversation the head a a design group who said that "getting hyperthreading systems for my engineers made a huge difference in performance".
I'm looking to replace a 1.8GHz P4 with the latest and greatest and I find myself confused between hyperthreading and dual processor boxes as two distinct options at (maybe) different ends of the scale. Also, Xeon vs. P4?
Sorry to stirr-up a slightly different version of a recent thread.