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To: WBendus who wrote (46932)	6/26/1998 10:59:00 AM
From: broken_cookie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58727

Wayde, The bug in the Xeon is an interaction between the CPU and the 450NX chipset when greater than 2 CPU's are used - which was the whole point of the chipset. The xeon works fine with 2 or less CPU's and the 440GX chipset. I've also heard that a fix may be in the works by changing the xeon's microcode. I don't know if there is a reprogramable kernel in the device or if new silicon needs to be run. Anyway, 4 CPU devices are supposed to ready in a "few" weeks, according to Intel. This is not a problem similar to the FPU bug the original Pentium 60 & 66 had. You can bet the AMD and Cyrix/National threads are foaming at the mouth. Rich