Windows 7 supports 256 CPU SMP

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited November 2008 in Science & Tech
As Microsoft loses traction to Linux in the clustered or big iron server space, the firm has tweaked the Vista kernel for Windows 7 to support 256 parallel CPUs.

In a feat of engineering, the Microsoft team has managed to break a developmental roadblock that even baffled David Cutler, father of the NT kernel. The roadblock, known as a dispatch... Continue reading
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