Are all MPs really unlocked?

Clevor

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I took a look at XP and MP OEM chips here in Akihabara, Tokyo and I can see the scorch marks between bridges on the XPs (I was hoping to find some early unlocked XPs - no dice).

On the MPs, I don't see any scorch marks but I don't see the bridges connected with gold traces either (I didn't look using a magnifying lens, though). Are the connections within the PCB layer or whatever they use?

Also, will an MP work on a single CPU motherboard? The MPs are just early Palominos, aren't they?