Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 14:42:48 03/09/00
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On March 09, 2000 at 14:16:30, Dann Corbit wrote: >On March 09, 2000 at 14:14:26, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >[snip] >>I think SMP with Athlons will be extremely cool, because they are cheap. I also >>think the bus design is better for SMP, but I might be wrong. > >IIRC, some of the early Athlon chips did not have SMP support (although I know >it was planned). Has it been added? Have SMP Athlon machines been released? I don't know of any changes to the Athlon since its introduction. I remember reading that the Athlon has SMP support, but I can't remember where. It makes sense, though, because many of the people who designed the Athlon also worked on the PA8000 and the 21264, which have SMP support. I also think one of the main reasons AMD decided to go with the EV6 (?) bus is because it has inherent advantages for SMP. -Tom
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