"Linux--with a strong developer community and a flexibility that allows 
the Unix clone to run on numerous chips--has become an asset the 
chipmakers want on their sides as they prepare future chip designs. 
Linux has become a tool to secure quick support for a new chip."

"Happily for Linux fans, it appears that such work is
happening. Representatives from Intel, IBM, HP, Red Hat
and SGI gathered at a summit meeting to work on improving GCC."

"Intel is working not only with Microsoft but also with the major Linux 
companies to make sure their operating systems can support a new chip 
technology called hyperthreading, which essentially lets a computer 
with a single CPU act like a dual-processor system, said Intel 
spokesman Seth Walker. Hyperthreading, built into Pentium 4 and new 
Xeon chips, is arriving in early 2002, Brookwood said."

"And AMD this week announced that the major Linux sellers--Red Hat,
MandrakeSoft, Caldera International, Turbolinux and SuSE--have 
certified the new dual-processor server design."

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http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7026026.html

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