Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 08:15:13 -0700 From: vanmaren@fast.cs.utah.edu (Kevin Van Maren) To: drussell@internode.net, smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: P5 vs. P6 performance Message-ID: <199611281515.IAA13282@fast.cs.utah.edu>
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While we are on the subject of CPUs... Can you do SMP with the Cyrix 6x86 chips? Later...... <Doug> Short answer: No. Cyrix and AMD proposed a competing standard for SMP, called Open PIC. However, I talked to AMD folks at COMDEX, and they said that not only had they given up on Open PIC, but that they only care about the low end. He also mentioned that he thought that Cyrix was going to give up on Open PIC (this is good for us, as we won't have two competing specs to support), but it was unclear from the AMD guy if, and when, Cyrix would finally add an APIC compatable with Intel's (most likely have to license it).
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