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Wbmw, re: Go ahead and assume zero latency for HTT. It has very little to do with the memory subsystem anyway, except for being on the path to remote memory, but the HTT contributor for this has always been small to begin with.

...except for being on the path to remote memory... Exactly right. It's a significant contributor there. Any decrease in HTT latency will be relavant for the performance of 2 and especially 4 socket servers. I agree though that a more sophisticated HTT protocol is an order of magnitude more important and that it's not due to arrive anytime soon.

I agree with the rest of your post.

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