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To: combjelly who wrote (46591)	7/8/2001 2:32:38 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 275872

Combjelly, <There is supposed to be an 18 pin connector that allows you to hook motherboards together. I am not sure how this is done, it's not HT unless it is using a 4 bit port.> Even for HyperTransport, that 18-pin connector would seem way too narrow for NUMA clustering. I'd be surprised if that connector turned out to be anything more than just a simple port for debug purposes. <it might be that AMD and/or Tyan got tired of waiting for the API chipset (Caspian?) that was supposed to use cHT for NUMA support.> It's a good bet that the API NUMA chipset got cancelled. Even AMD has no plans for 4-way and 8-way SMP until Sledgehammer. Tenchusatsu

To: combjelly who wrote (46591)	7/8/2001 2:52:55 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

CJ, that would be cool, but I wonder. You can check out the official AMD spec sheet for the 760 mp / mpx at amd.com ; in particular, figures 1 & 2 on p 5 & 6. Again, the only claimed difference is 33 mhz/66 mhz PCI. If you're feeling really geeky, you can even check the pinouts. I didn't see any obvious undefineds, but there were enough power/ground pins to hide an elephant. I think maybe they need to get the North/South bridge HT link working before doing cLT.