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SubjectRE: SMP scalability: 8 -> 32 CPUs

On 28-Nov-98 Eloy A. Paris wrote:
> Guys, excuse my ignorance, but does anyone know why Linus said in his
> last Linux Journal interview that right now it is fairly unrealistic
> to expect scaling from 8 to 32 CPUs? What's stopping Linux to scale in
> terms of CPUs?

1. Because there aren't many PCs with 8 or more CPUs around to do testing on.
2. Because of #1, our efforts are better spent working on more real-life
problems.

Among more techincal reasons, I'm sure.

Dave


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