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From: langles@mycroft.ECE.ORST.EDU (Scott Langley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Symmetric Multi-Processing for PC Unix?
Date: 30 Jan 1995 18:25:01 GMT
Organization: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Corvallis
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Has any work been done on adding support for symmetric multiprocessing to any
free UNIX for the PC?

Such hardware platforms seem to be coming out, ever more frequently these days.

For example, I have seen in recent issues of InfoWorld announcements for
a CompAdd Dual-Processor Pentium-90 system, listing for $5,995.  A DEC dual
Pentium system lists for $8,699.  Other manufactures make such systems, as
well.

The way the prices for PC's and PC components are plummenting, I think that
cheap multi-processor x86 systems will soon have a greater price/performance
ration than Sun's, HP PA-RISC's, SGI's, etc., for workstation-grade
applications.

Anyone else have thoughts on this?

Scott Langley
Grad Student in EE
Oregon State University
langles@ece.orst.edu