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To: Craig Freeman who wrote (53592)	3/29/1999 12:45:00 PM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 1572780

Re: "with K6-2s so cheap, why hasn't someone like VIA figured out how to put several of them on one motherboard? " It can be done however because of the antiquated Socket7 bus architecture, the result would be somewhat disappointing. EP

To: Craig Freeman who wrote (53592)	3/29/1999 8:56:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572780

Craig - Re: "with K6-2s so cheap, why hasn't someone like VIA figured out how to put several of them on one motherboard?" 1. Low demand. 1A. Multiple CPUs are not supported by Windows 95/98. 1B. K62 performs "poorly" on Windows NT compared to Pentium II where support and applications for multiple CPUs reside. 2. Non-Standard Interrupt capability - non ACPI compliant. 3. Kmart 62's do not support SMP - no bus snooping, etc. That puts all the burden on VIA. Paul