https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=500745

Artem S. Tashkinov <[email protected]> changed:

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--- Comment #12 from Artem S. Tashkinov <[email protected]> ---
The current wording conflates three different concepts: CPU package, core, and
logical processor.

Displaying `8 × AMD Ryzen 7 3700U` literally suggests the system contains
**eight** Ryzen 7 3700U processors, which is factually incorrect. The kernel
exposing eight logical CPUs does not make that an appropriate user-facing
description.

This isn't about adding technical complexity; it's about avoiding misleading
terminology. A concise summary such as:

`AMD Ryzen 7 3700U (4 cores, 8 threads)`

or

`AMD Ryzen 7 3700U — 4 cores / 8 threads`

is simultaneously:

* more accurate;
* easier for non-technical users to understand;
* more useful for technical users;
* and **consistent with how operating systems, hardware vendors, and
reviewers** describe CPUs.

If the topology cannot always be determined, falling back to "8 logical
processors" would still be less misleading than `8 × AMD Ryzen 7 3700U`.

The goal of an information center is to present **hardware information
accurately**. The fact that experts can mentally interpret the current wording
does not make it a good user interface.

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