for example the below mentioned new intel processor
Intel® Xeon® Silver 4310 2.1G, 12C/24T, 10.4GT/s, 18M Cache, Turbo, HT (120W) DDR4-2666
the part 12C/24T
as per my understanding is
12C = 12 cores
24T = 24 thread per core
am I right?
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