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Re: [SLE] Advanced Micro Devices will include Microsoft's Palladium(OT)
  • From: Ben Rosenberg <ben@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 23:21:38 -0700
  • Message-id: <20020921062138.GC30085@xxxxxxxxx>
* Salman Khilji (skhilji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) [020920 18:11]:
::What is serial #'ing??
::
::
::> before when Intel implemented the serial numbering, and AMD did not...now

All Intel CPU's since the PII have a unique CPU serial number in the
same vane as PPC and Sparc/Ultrasparc...it can be use to know exactly
what computer did what. But only if the OS supports that type of
spying...I do not think Linux does.

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