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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Charles R who wrote (109623)5/7/2000 1:16:00 PM
From: Dan3  Read Replies (2) of 1574761
 
Re: Micron hasn't done any chipsets before...

Not only does Micron have chipset experience, they have X86 multiprocessor experience:
support.micronpc.com

Powerdigm XSU


Processor Type: Dual Pentium 2
Socket Type: SEC
Expansion Slots: 1 ISA, 2 PCI, 1 shared, 1 66MHz-64bit
Memory Type: Unbuffered EDO or SDRAM 168 pin DIMM, ECC, non-ECC
Maximum Memory: 1024MB (512MB cacheable with current processors)
Cache: 512K
CPU Chip Set: Samurai
Universal Serial Bus: 2 stacked standard USB ports
IDE Chip Set: Intel FW82371AB
I/O Chip Set: SMC FDC 37C932FR
Primary IDE Type: Modes 3/4 IDE, bus mastering
Secondary IDE Type: Modes 3/4 IDE, bus mastering
Floppy Drive Interface: On-board FDC37C932FR
Communication Ports: 2 16C550A UARTs, 1 ECP/bi-directional parallel port


The samurai program has been going on at Micron for years and earlier versions have been in use for some time.

Regards,

Dan
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