[rescue] SMP on intel wasteful?

[Kris Kirby]

On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Linc Fessenden wrote:
> > How is it a waste to have dual 1.7GHz processors on a *NIX box for less
> > than $2,000?
>
> Because it could be $2000 toward a good archetecture computer.

Someone once told me that Alphas do SMP by means of cross-bar switching.

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