Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: PentiumII's. | Date | Thu, 31 Jul 1997 08:42:53 +0200 (MET DST) | From | (Rogier Wolff) |
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Kurt Huwig wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, System Email wrote: > > My company needs a couple new servers to handle a large volume of live > > video compression/encryption. I am not even sure if Linux supports the new > > PentiumII MMX chips at all let alone SMP. To start I think 1 PII 300mhz > > chip will do, but I would like to buy a board capable of handling at least > > two cpu's. Does linux support PentiumII's (does it work?) Secondly does > > SMP Linux work wiht a Pentium II? and if so what would be the best board > > to get for this. > > (All of the writing below is my personal opinion and unter the licence > 'correct me if I'm wrong', because I'm not too deep in hardware) > > As you said you are using Linux, I guess you have sources for the > software. > > Have you ever thought of getting an Alpha? Based on a benchmark in a > German computer magazine (c't), the Alpha-533MHz is about 4 times faster > in floating point as a PPro with 233MHz. If you want integer arithmetics, > the K6 beats the PPro. > > The only thing that is really faster with MMX is the Intel Media Benchmark > and a small speedup due to the larger L1 cache. As I think, the P-II is > just the logical consequence of the poor rate of 'good' PPro chips in the > production due to the large integrated cache which made the die unusable > if a certain amount of the cells failed. > > Last and least, the P-II just caches 64MB of RAM.
No. It caches "only" 512Mb of RAM.
You can be guaranteed that Linus works with Pentium-II, and with SMP at the same time, as Linus is using a dual Pentium-II. He likes it... :-)
Roger.
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