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To: Sonki who wrote (52389)	4/8/1998 1:32:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Sonki - Re: "is Deschutes compreable to starfire? how many users can it support??? " The Deschutes supports 4-way SMP (4 CPUs) directly . Tony Viola described an new Intel "NODE" configuration that apparently groups several 4-way Deschutes into a cluster configuration. As for SUN's Starfire - 40 CPUs in this implementation - their multiple CPU enterprise servers, along with their Solaris OS that supports up to 64 (I think) CPUs - these are in a zone that Intel-based machine can't touch right now. SUN is cleaning up in the big system corporate server market place. Keep in mind - these systems often cost in the 6 figure range (before the decimal point!). Intel's Merced will be targeted at this market but OS support is required. Hopefully, SUN's Solaris will help out Intel. Re:"When will M.Dell get his hands on it??? " I would imagine Michael Dell - or one of his engineers - had working samples of the Deschutes last year before Thanksgiving. The Deschutes has been "live" since well before then. Paul