Re: Apple? (subject change)

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From: Donal K. Fellows
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 12:11

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In article <417b37$ndh@sundog.tiac.net>,
Jim Williams  <williams@tiac.net> wrote:
>Now for the SMP part.  "S" is symmetric, right?  What does this mean?
>(I think the last thing I read on multi-processors was Hillis's book on
>the processor which formed the foundation of Thinking Machines.)
>

Symmetric means that you have the whole group of processors as peers
to each other. There isn't (at least at a hardware level) one in
executive control.

Or at least that is my best guess... :^)

Donal.
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Subject: Re: Apple? (subject change)
Date: 24 Aug 1995 12:11:16 GMT
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