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Re: Dual Processor Query

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From: Michael Squires
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 20:49
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In article <2gpr6mF5dk8nU1@uni-berlin.de>, ray <ray@zianet.com> wrote:
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>The biggest benefit would be that can have more than one program actively
>using CPU cycles at the same time. Very little software is optimized for

For me the benefit is that dual CPU motherboards tend to be better
engineered than single CPU motherboards.

However, I haven't used anything but a dual CPU motherboard since about 1995,
almost all Supermicro.

Mike Squires

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From: mikes@cs.indiana.edu (Michael Squires)
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Subject: Re: Dual Processor Query
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