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VIA Hardware has posted a preview on the VIA PX266 Pentium 4 Chipset.



Another new development is the confirmation from sources close to VIA that the PX266 will support 2 Northwood processors in SMP. However, it will NOT support Willamette processors in SMP, even Willamette processors using the 478 pin package. It appears the currently shipping Pentium 4 is not SMP capable in any form. Intel´s Foster part (Pentium 4 XEON), will not be supported by PX266 initially, but future products more server-oriented will support the XEON.
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