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Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 23:38:54 -0800
From: Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: [patch] SMP alternatives
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On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 01:36:08PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> Actual UP machines are going to go away - even ARM is going SMP, and
> in the PC space, we'll have multi-core laptops probably being the
> rule rather than the exception in a couple of years.

CPUs in embedded the space could outnumber desktops & servers greatly
(cell phones, access pointers, routers, media players, etc).  Most of
these will be UP for some time.