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To: Petz who wrote (72102)	2/21/2002 1:15:51 AM
From: milo_morai	Respond to of 275872

Very Nice. Looks like Hammer just may come out in Q4. M.

To: Petz who wrote (72102)	2/21/2002 1:19:32 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

The AGP3.0 part offers AGP 8X. I didn't realize that AGP 3.0 or the specs for AGP 8X were even finalized. Here's the URL for the AMD-8151? HyperTransport? AGP3.0 Graphics Tunnel: amd.com Featues Component features are as follows: * 16-bit HyperTransport interface (Side A) offering a maximum bandwidth of up to 6.4GB/s * 8-bit HyperTransport interface (Side B) offering a maximum bandwidth of up to 1.6GB/s * Compliant with AGP 3.0 specification signaling, supporting 4X and 8X transfer modes * Compliant with AGP 2.0 specification signaling, supporting 1X, 2X, and 4X transfer modes * 564-pin OBGA package Petz

To: Petz who wrote (72102)	2/21/2002 7:09:11 AM
From: andreas_wonisch	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

Petz, Re: From the PR: "These chipsets for the "Hammer" processors are planned to be available in the fourth quarter of 2002" Hm, isn't that a little bit late? If the chipsets are only available in Q4 it takes at least another quarter until there are motherboards available. And that doesn't include any possible delays for the chipset. Andreas

To: Petz who wrote (72102)	2/21/2002 10:23:08 AM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 275872

AMD to back API Phoenix? theinquirer.net Elsewhere on the HT front, Mike Magee's lovely alter ego Eva Glass has this snippet: API NETWORKS quietly entered chapter eleven at the beginning of this year - unnoticed by many. The company was selling Alpha motherboards and Samsung Alpha CPUs, but ceded that business in the middle of last year. It then entered into the business of developing AMD Hypetransport products and, according to those who know, was doing a good job. The word on the street now, however, is that the folk at API are about to start up a new organisation, presumably again focusing on Hypetransport, but with the headquarters based in Boxborough rather than Concord. The expertise in the ex-API's HT is just too much for AMD to lose and we understand that the latter company is backing the new venture. I was somewhat disappointed with the AMD parts, it seems that despite the integrated memory controller in the hammer, it would still take 2 external chips to provide current NB+SB functionality. I guess the 8k parts are all server oriented, where that doesn't count so much, but it's still odd. Plus, there was no cHT NUMA memory bridge/switch in there, which is what larger scale MPs will need. I think maybe API had something like that in the works. For desktop systems, what would really look nice is an integrated graphics/SB single chip, though that's sort of an odd bird by current standards and not something AMD is equipped to do at any rate. Elsewhere at the Inquirer, this sort of hashed up story from Mike. Rambus will rise again, snort. AMD's Rambus licence may be used in Hammer theinquirer.net Then again, it may not be.