Cyrix will not ever do SMP
VIA hardware has the scoop on the Cyrix dually that was seen at CeBit. It seems that someone made an error when they placed a Cyrix chip on the motherboard we linked to earlier. Any event here is a quote:
A employee of VIA/Cyrix has confirmed that the Cyrix III will not work in SMP. It is technically not possible for them to work in SMP. There have recently been a few rumors about Cyrix III and SMP due to pictures taken at Cebit showing so.
The pictures are no doubt real, but the setup was more then likely caused by human error.
The current line of VIA processors will not work in SMP because of lack of an APIC, however it is still possible the upcoming C5X core may
So there you have it Cyrix sux again.
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