According to the hardware spec of the Thunderbird and the Duron they support SMP. As for the older Athlons (with the slower cache) they do (from what I understand) NOT support SMP! So be careful, and don't buy an old one.
Both AMD and VIA are planning SMP chipsets. Check out http://www.viahardware.com/roadmap2000.shtm for VIA's roadmap. There should be a chipset out just in time for Christmas if we're lucky!:-)
I remember reading an article about a test of a Dual Thunderbird board, but I can't remember where... It was a beta board with a very early release of VIA's chipset anyway. They didn't actually test the SMP, they guys were more interested in the DDR support...
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According to the hardware spec of the Thunderbird and the Duron they support SMP. As for the older Athlons (with the slower cache) they do (from what I understand) NOT support SMP! So be careful, and don't buy an old one.
:-)
Both AMD and VIA are planning SMP chipsets. Check out http://www.viahardware.com/roadmap2000.shtm for VIA's roadmap. There should be a chipset out just in time for Christmas if we're lucky!
I remember reading an article about a test of a Dual Thunderbird board, but I can't remember where... It was a beta board with a very early release of VIA's chipset anyway. They didn't actually test the SMP, they guys were more interested in the DDR support...
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