Re: Help clear up a misconception about SMP systems

Riley Williams (rhw@bigfoot.com)
Sun, 11 Oct 1998 06:49:42 +0100 (GMT)


Hi Alex.

> OK, I've been well and truly overwhelmed by the replies. 8) I guess it's
> time to kill this thread. Can all replies go to me privately. I've had a
> flame already ;o)

> Thanks for enlightening me. I guess one does learn something new everyday.

I know that I've been enlightened by the various replies I've seen, as
I was assuming that SMP was at least 80% gain per processor, and that
clearly isnae the case...

Best wishes from Riley.

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