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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: multi-processor Indigo??
- Message-ID: <v90u81s@zola.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 07:11:11 GMT
- References: <93023.231134COOCHE@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Sender: news@zola.esd.sgi.com (Net News)
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In <93023.231134COOCHE@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> COOCHE@QUCDN.QueensU.CA writes:
- | One of my colleagues is suggesting we buy a SPARC 10, since it can ultimately
- | be upgraded to multi-processors. I've been considering an Indigo,
- | but don't have enough info on them yet to know if multi-pro is an option for
- | the Indigo series (perhaps the R4000)? Can anyone help me out here? All the SGI
- | reps in my part of the world are off at trainning, so I figured this would be
- | faster.
-
- It is extremely unlikely that the current Indigo chassis will ever
- support MP. There simply isn't enough room in the chassis.
-
- There may possibly be a 'low end' MP machine in the future. (Obviously
- engineering has kicked the idea around in the past, and will continue
- to so for future machines during the design phase, but that is a long
- way from a product).
- --
- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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