"Anjan Dave" <adave@vantage.com> writes:
> Would this problem change it's nature in any way on the recent Dual-Core
> Intel XEON MP machines?
Probably not much.
There's some evidence that Opterons have less of a problem than Xeons
in multi-chip configurations, but we've seen CS thrashing on Opterons
too. I think the issue is probably there to some extent in any modern
SMP architecture.
regards, tom lane
