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To: Gerald Walls who wrote (83669)	6/17/1999 2:00:00 AM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 186894

Re: "Maybe we can convince server manufacturers that they need pairs of processors to detect errors, or even triples to allow voting instead of shutdown." Excellent idea! 3x the Intel Xeons!!! EP

To: Gerald Walls who wrote (83669)	6/17/1999 2:08:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Gerald - Re: "Maybe we can convince server manufacturers that they need pairs of processors to detect errors, or even triples to allow voting instead of shutdown... $-)" Isn't this the approach used by Tandem in their Non-Stop computers ? They have 2 or 3 Central Processor Units that do exactly what you describe. If this concept takes off, Intel's Server CPU sales could suddenly "double" ! Paul