Red Hat testing dual-core support
Published: 13 Apr 2005 10:30 BST
Red Hat on Friday began testing support for dual-core processors in its first update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
Red Hat told customers on Friday that the beta version of the first update to RHEL 4 includes support for both AMD's and Intel's dual-core processors.
IBM pioneered the market with its Power4 processor in 2001, with Sun and HP following suit with their own chips. AMD and Intel are working to make the technology mainstream with dual-core x86 server processors arriving on 21 April and in early 2006, respectively.
The Red Hat update version also includes an updated IA32 Execution Layer, which lets Intel's Itanium 2 processor run software written for x86 chips. The new update adds support for Intel's forthcoming Montecito version of Itanium, reduces memory requirements and boosts performance overall — particularly for Java and mathematical programs, Intel said.
The Red Hat update includes the latest support for Intel wireless networking products.
Red Hat, the top Linux seller, updates its operating system products quarterly.
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