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From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>
Subject: Re: -current, goliath, smp -- problems 
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I understand that there are versions of the PPro CPU with 1MB of L2 
cache, specifically intended for the MP situation where memory bandwidth
is precious.  I don't know how widely available these CPUs are.

louie