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To: tejek who wrote (124833)	9/26/2000 5:30:26 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575215

Ted, there was a story on the Register indicating that multiprocessing will not be supported for Willy, but will be restricted to Foster. See theregister.co.uk : Q. Why is Willamette not on the server roadmap? A: Willamette is UP only. The server roadmap in this time-frame will be DP or greater. Plus, DP CuMine FCPGA and DP Foster servers offer better price/performance and raw performance It also turns out, from the most recent ref I could find, that the 870 is a Foster chipset, see news.cnet.com for yet another confusing story. I think the 870 is the colusa chipset refered to in the Register story, as in "Q: Why Colusa for 2-way Foster servers? A: Colusa is the only chipset that is TTM with DP Foster in Q4’00. In addition, it is the only Intel validation vehicle. With the performance leap offered by Foster-based servers, OEMs will want to be TTM with DP Foster (and not risk losing segment share). " and For Foster workstations, which are essentially gussied-up desktops, Intel will offer the 870 chipset, Fister said. But for Foster servers--expected to be a much larger market--Intel will rely on ServerWorks and other third-party manufacturers, he said. from the cnet story. This is all a bit confusing, here they got Foster/870/Colusa due out Real Soon Now. Cheers, Dan.