On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Joe wrote:
> If AMD wanted to really compete with Intel, why don't they
> create a motherboard that supports there standard of SMP or
> contract someone to do so? They could run benchmarks against
> Intel SMP of same speeds. Of course they need an OS that would
> support that, and I am sure that Linux could do the job very
> well (with some changes, but they have the source).
Intel holds some patents on APIC. This is why AMD chose not to support
it. Otherwise they would have to pay Intel licensing expenses, for every
device sold that supports Intel-SMP.
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