[DeepYogurt]

> Hyper threading was an intel stop-gap reaction to the athalon64 x2

No. Hyper threading was introduced in Feb 2002. The original single core athlon 64 was Sept 2003. The x2 was 2007.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-threading

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon_64