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RE: SMP, sure

May 17, 2008 - 1:42pm
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| SMP boxes weren't widely available in 1991 when Linus started this.

Sure there were. However Linux was originally developed for x86 PC hardware, which didn't get SMP until Pentium Pro in 1995.

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