Hi Tenchusatsu; Re: "I still have my integrity..."
The guy at the TeamDDR demo table told me that although DDR is spec'ed for two DIMMs on a 4-layer motherboard, there's nothing stopping the other MB makers from featuring three DIMMs.
There is no way on God's green earth that a TeamDDR member would tell you something like that. No way, no how. Anyone who has been following the prolific design effort on DDR would be aware that DDR was designed to go to 4 DIMMs on 4-layer motherboards. The reasons for going to 6 layer boards would be: (1) Escape problems getting routes out of the memory controller chip. (2) Time to market. (3) Some other component on the board (i.e. dual CPUs, etc.)
Here's your sequence of posts on the subject. To be a man of integrity you must not only be honest with other people, you must also be honest with yourself. That includes being able to see things that you do not want to see. More like a "fool of integrity." You were at the Microprocessor Forum. You saw the DDR motherboards, both running and on display. How could you come back with the 2-slot cr@p when no one else did? I thought you were a man of integrity, so I did not immediately call you a liar, but now I am beginning to doubt my judgement. Read the record for yourself:
Tenchusatsu
Oct 14, 2000 2:21 AM
Carl, I was there at Microprocessor Forum.
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2) Bad news: Those 4-layer MBs only had two DIMM slots each. I was told that DDR is only spec'ed for two DIMM slots on a 4-layer MB running at 266 MHz. Wasn't that the original "solution" to Intel's embarrassing 820 chipset problem last year? #reply-14580362
Gene Parrott
Oct 15, 2000 2:42 PM
re: DDR Motherboards at MPF. The Hyundai MB appears to have four DDR/DIMM slots. The IWILL and Gigabyte both had three DDR/DIMM slots. (Foto's). #reply-14584936
Tenchusatsu
Oct 15, 2000 5:52 PM
You might want to check again. The Hyundai MB had three DIMM slots. The other motherboards either had two or three DIMM slots. #reply-14585499
Gene Parrott
Oct 17, 2000 1:11 PM
Here's a better foto of the Hyundai 760 MB. #reply-14598237
Tenchusatsu
Oct 17, 2000 1:58 PM
On 6-layer motherboards, I guess it's possible to implement four DDR DIMMs. But as far as I know, DDR is still spec'ed to only two DIMMs on 4-layer motherboards, though some MB makers could get away with three. #reply-14598731
Bilow
Oct 17, 2000 4:16 PM
VIA says three DIMMs with 4-layer motherboards. Why don't you find me the link where any DDR chipset maker says more? I want to see where "DDR is still spec'ed to only two DIMMs on 4-layer motherboards". I think you are full of rmBS on this, or at best are only pretending to remember. #reply-14600360
Tenchusatsu
Oct 17, 2000 5:04 PM
[Re "VIA says three DIMMs with 4-layer motherboards. Why don't you find me the link where any DDR chipset maker says more?"] Ask the guys at the TeamDDR demo table at Microprocessor Forum. That's where I got the info. #reply-14601051
Now what's the actual truth? The VIA website has a layout of their chipset showing 4 DDR DIMMs on a 4-layer motherboard:
via.com.tw
There is no way on God's green earth that TeamDDR lied to you about DDR. What likely happened is that you asked them a badly worded question, or they gave you a badly worded answer, and then you ended up with a misunderstanding. But try and explain to me how it is that you were the only one at the forum who couldn't see the 3 and 4-slot DDR motherboards.
You can call it integrity if you like, but since your original FUD post, you have had to do nothing but retreat on this issue. Now you are blaming TeamDDR for giving out bad information. Kind of hard to believe, don't you think?
-- Carl
P.S. In general, the last person you want to believe is the one who rattles on and on about how much integrity they have. Notice that I have not. All I have done is collect together your posts on this subject. The reader will have to judge them for himself. |
