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DISCUSSION When Apple designed its first generation of PCI Power Macintosh computers, which became the standard on which all Mac OS systems are built, the upcoming desire for multiple processors was known. To prepare for this need, Apple designed the Tsunami architecture to specifically support asymmetric multiple processor solutions via the CPU card slot. The Tsunami architecture was used as the basis for the Power Macintosh 9500, the PowerWave, and the PowerTower Pro. Other Mac OS hardware architectures, including those used in all other Power Computing products, do not offer hardware support for multiple processors. However, support for asymmetric multi-processing requires software publishers to add this functionality to their titles. As Apple's next-generation operating system, Rhapsody, will automatically enable all Yellow Box applications to run utilize multiple processors, many software developers have chosen to forego asymmetric multi-processing support under the Mac OS and have chosen instead to focus on Rhapsody. As a result, few Mac OS applications offer multi-processing support under the Mac OS. Machines Affected: All |
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| Product Area: | Computers |
| Category: | Power Computing Corp. |
| Sub Category: | Troubleshooting |
| Keywords: | kpowercc |
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