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<DIV><SPAN class=725060609-25102005><FONT size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=725060609-25102005><FONT size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=725060609-25102005><FONT size=2>Just to put an end on all
speculations regarding multi-CPU aware Erlang I can reveal
that</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=725060609-25102005><FONT size=2>we are working on a runtime
system with multiple schedulers (running on different threads) which
will</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=725060609-25102005><FONT size=2>take advantage of multi-CPU HW
on operating systems which support that.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=725060609-25102005><FONT size=2>With this solution applications
running in one Erlang node can take advantage of multi-CPU HW
without</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=725060609-25102005><FONT size=2>need to change a single line of
code. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=725060609-25102005><FONT size=2>More information about this
will be presented at the Erlang User Conference the 10:th of
November.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=725060609-25102005><FONT size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=725060609-25102005><FONT size=2>There is no promise regarding
when this will be released but a qualified guess would be within 12
months.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=725060609-25102005><FONT size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=725060609-25102005><FONT size=2>/Regards Kenneth Lundin
(Product Manager of Erlang/OTP at Ericsson)</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>