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To: Paul Engel who wrote (112706)10/7/2000 12:53:37 AM
From: Joe NYC  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Paul,

Isn't the 760 MP out yet? It was due in December, 1999 !!

I doubt that, since there was no standard DDR in 1999.

Sure Joe - it makes a LOT OF SENSE to use a 32 bit Chip Set with 32 bit memory controller for a 64 bit CPU. Just think what those 64 bits on the Claw data bus will do when only 32 bits of data arrive !

All processors since Pentium have a 64 bit wide data bus.

Oh - and the 32 bit addressing for for a 64 bit processor will REALLY HELP with large data structures - NOT !!!

Athlon is capable of addressing 43bit address space. I don't know if all chipsets will support it, but maybe the higher end will. Xeon, btw, can access either 36 or 40 bit addresses (I don't remember).

Joe



To: Paul Engel who wrote (112706)10/7/2000 11:19:38 AM
From: Dan3  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 186894
 
Re: Sure Joe - it makes a LOT OF SENSE to use a 32 bit Chip Set with 32 bit memory controller for a 64 bit CPU

Every chip in the industry has used a 64 bit data bus since the Pentium 60 came out. All follow on pentiums, K6, Cyrix, Winchip, all of them. Until the 820 came out, there hadn't been a data bus narrower than 64 bits since the 486.

Who did you say you used to work for? Mattel?

Dan


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