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To: dale_laroy who wrote (160955)	3/2/2002 10:59:38 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (1) of 186894

Dale, Re: "It is possible that Hammer can be made lower power than Barton. With an integrated memory controller the processor itself would almost have to run hotter, but the extra power consumed by Hammer might not be as great as the power saved in the support chipset." This might be good from a system point of view - such as designing towards battery life - but from a heat density perspective, Hammer could have some very ugly thermal characteristics, especially with the on-die memory controller. Plus, driving so many pins (since even the Clawhammer processor has more than 700 of them) will certainly increase the challenge of providing enough current to keep the chip operational. It might mean more robust power supplies (i.e. server class power supplies for desktop class machines - though the industry already experienced this with the K7, too). I think that Hammer will carry with it some challenges in designing around power, but hopefully AMD is already putting a lot of resources towards alleviating this situation. To be sure, all CPUs will eventually get hotter in the future, and AMD might just be there sooner rather than later. wbmw

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