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To: Paul Engel who wrote (112600)10/6/2000 2:39:23 PM
From: Joe NYC  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 186894
 
Paul,

Good thing AMD's 64-bit SludgeHumper is going to use existing 32 bit non-SMP chip sets - so it won't suffer any delays.

Thinking about it more, I think AMD's strategy will turn out to be pretty good. Their 760MP chipset is allegedly going to have LDT connection to southbridge devices.

I bet ClawHammer - the single core version of the Hammer family will be able to use this chipset.

Sledgehammer - the dual core version of the Hammer family will have an integrated Northbridge and an LDT connection. It will be able to to work in 760 MP chipset minus its northbridge.

I don't think there is anything specific in the chipset tying it to internal architecture of the CPU. Can you (or Tench) elaborate on what makes present chipsets 32bit specific?

Joe



To: Paul Engel who wrote (112600)10/6/2000 2:53:38 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Paul, <Good thing AMD's 64-bit SludgeHumper is going to use existing 32 bit non-SMP chip sets - so it won't suffer any delays>

Don't know if you're joking or not, but I don't think Sledgehammer will be a drop-in replacement for Athlon, especially if Sledgehammer replaces the EV6 interface with LDT. In other words, Sledgehammer will require new chipsets (or at least new motherboards if certain chipset components can indeed be reused).

Tenchusatsu


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