> How much does SMP need direct hw support (cache coherency?), could this
> be eliminated by sw ? (patching the kernel to assign processes to cpu
> wisely?).

A multiprocessor machine without hardware cache coherency is extremely hard to 
program, to the point of being useless for most real applications. You get 
equally good results (for a fraction of the price) from a cluster with a fast 
interconnect.

Paul
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