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To: fyodor_ who wrote (75208)	3/21/2002 8:58:57 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

But you are one of those who have bought the McKinley hype. Show me some real data showing McKinley performance. I'll save you the time, there isn't any. There isn't any? Really? I've seen a 4-way McKinley system demonstrated in public over a year ago. I've seen IBM line up solidly behind IPF. I've seen Compaq go 100% Intel in their server line even to the extent of dropping their own Alpha line. I've seen HP participate in McKinley development. I've seen NEC, Unisys and Dell commit to IPF. I've seen Gateway and IBM dump AMD. Every one of them had access to Hammer specifications and AMD's roadmap before they made their decisions. Nobody has lined up behind Hammer. Everybody has turned and run the other way. I'm not the only one who has bought the McKinley hype. Maybe we all know something you don't know? EP

To: fyodor_ who wrote (75208)	3/21/2002 9:04:52 PM
From: milo_morai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

<font color=blue> A quad SledgeHammer board can support 16 GB (4 x 4 GB) at 21.6 GB/s! For example, a motherboard for a single ClawHammer is now limited to 2 GB of PC2700 DDR SDRAM -- 2 DIMMs (1 GB each, max) and 2.7 GB/s bandwidth. Thanks to its dual-channel design, a single SledgeHammer can support 4 GB of memory at 5.4 GB/s aggregate memory bandwidth (according to documentation, SledgeHammer can support 8 registered DIMMs, so it may, in fact, support more). A quad SledgeHammer board can support 16 GB (4 x 4 GB) at 21.6 GB/s! Of course, 4 memory busses and the associated DIMM sockets would be a significant expense, but since many 4-way motherboards support 16 DIMM sockets anyway, we may yet see such systems based on AMD's SledgeHammer. Thanks to relatively low pincount, high-bandwidth, and flexibility of HyperTransport, Hammer can deliver bandwidth numbers never before seen in the x86 world. Very nice aceshardware.com