It's all over for the P4

[Tony Hill]

Sounds like what Intel needs to design is an Athlon 64/Opteron.

Ohh.. you noticed that too? :>

The simple fact of the matter is that AMD did a LOT of smart things
with the Athlon64/Opteron. I wouldn't say that it's an ideal design,
but I think that Intel would be smart to learn from what AMD has done.

Interesting point of note: Hector Ruiz, CEO of AMD, recently said in
an interview that they would be releasing dual-core Opteron chips next
year. These chips will have independent L2 caches, though naturally
they'll share a memory controller and the hypertransport controllers.
What is perhaps more interesting is that he said the chips would be
pin-compatible and infrastructure compatible, ie a drop-in replacement
for current Opterons!

I *want* one now! :>

 

[chrisv]

I await the dog jokes

They'll probably skip "K9", just like Intel skipped "666".

 

[Yousuf Khan]

They'll probably skip "K9", just like Intel skipped "666".

I thought they skipped "Sexium"? Or maybe it was "Hexium"? Neither one
would've been an ideal marketing choice.

Yousuf Khan

 

[The little lost angel]

I thought they skipped "Sexium"? Or maybe it was "Hexium"? Neither one
would've been an ideal marketing choice.

Hmm, why not? Sex sells after all! pPpP

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[Yousuf Khan]

Hmm, why not? Sex sells after all! pPpP

But does witchcraft?

Yousuf Khan

 

[The little lost angel]

But does witchcraft?

Hexium... the only processor that lets you hex your enemies and charm
your girl/guy right to your doorstep ppP Sounds like it will!
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[nobody]

....snip...

Interesting point of note: Hector Ruiz, CEO of AMD, recently said in
an interview that they would be releasing dual-core Opteron chips next
year. These chips will have independent L2 caches, though naturally
they'll share a memory controller and the hypertransport controllers.
What is perhaps more interesting is that he said the chips would be
pin-compatible and infrastructure compatible, ie a drop-in replacement
for current Opterons!

I *want* one now! :>

Gee, looks like my humble MSI K8T (just ordered it with 2*242) will
one day proudly host a _quad_ system!!! I just pray these up and
coming puppies will not have voltages or bus or some other
requirements outside the board capabilities. Also hope MSI will
update the BIOS to accomodate them.

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Gee, looks like my humble MSI K8T (just ordered it with 2*242) will
one day proudly host a _quad_ system!!! I just pray these up and
coming puppies will not have voltages or bus or some other
requirements outside the board capabilities. Also hope MSI will
update the BIOS to accomodate them.

Is that an Opteron board or an Athlon 64 board? I doubt they'll be making it
available for Athlon 64 upgrades, just Opteron upgrades.

Yousuf Khan

 

[nobody]

Is that an Opteron board or an Athlon 64 board? I doubt they'll be making it
available for Athlon 64 upgrades, just Opteron upgrades.

Yousuf Khan

It's dual socket 940 board, MSI K8T, aka MASTER2-FAR. Supports both
Opteron and A64 FX, though the last one only in single CPU mode. The
cheapest of all dual 940 - can be had around $200 retail boxed.
No-frill board - ATX format, just one socket interfaces the memory,
only 4 32-bit PCI slots, only 2 serial ATA ports, no firewire - only
the most basic stuff. It could use a few 64-bit PCI slots, and would
be nice to connect both sockets to their own memory banks - but heck,
then it would be called K8W Thunder, sell around $450 and require
special (read - expensive!) EATX case and power supply.

 

[Tony Hill]

Hexium... the only processor that lets you hex your enemies and charm
your girl/guy right to your doorstep ppP Sounds like it will!

I'd buy one! :>

 

[Tony Hill]

Gee, looks like my humble MSI K8T (just ordered it with 2*242) will
one day proudly host a _quad_ system!!! I just pray these up and
coming puppies will not have voltages or bus or some other
requirements outside the board capabilities. Also hope MSI will
update the BIOS to accomodate them.

If old Hector was telling the truth and the chips really ARE
infrastructure compatible, then yes, they should work just fine in
your system (with a BIOS update of course). That would be quite an
impressive feat if they pull it off, and probably the reason why in
the interview Hector was saying that these chips were going to "Shock
the hell out of everyone". FWIW here is the interview:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1574331,00.asp