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To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (83319)6/23/2002 3:12:51 PM
From: Dan3Respond to of 275872
 
Re:A good read:

I especially liked this part:

But Intel's approach is based on cramming lots of Level 3 cache on the processor: 3 Mbytes on Itanium 2, 6 Mbytes for the 2003 Madison version and more for a chip in 2004. The added cache gives oomph to a multiprocessor design based on four processors using a shared bus with separate memory controllers and switches linking four-processor nodes into larger systems.

That's inefficient, said Kevin Krewell, senior analyst with MDR/In-Stat. "You have to put 2 Mbytes or more of cache onboard to make the front-side-bus traffic levels acceptable for a shared bus scenario. AMD's architecture has better scalability. It's a more sophisticated architecture and requires less chips to build a system," he said.

Indeed, AMD builds a memory controller into its high-end Opteron line and can directly link up to four processors using onboard HyperTransport interfaces. AMD has yet to supply performance specs for its Opteron line, which will debut in dual-way versions late this year and four- and eight-way versions in 2003



To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (83319)6/23/2002 4:14:59 PM
From: milo_moraiRespond to of 275872
 
#reply-17638105 I got double vision.



To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (83319)6/23/2002 6:57:12 PM
From: wanna_bmwRespond to of 275872
 
Pravin, very interesting. Thanks.

The article confirms what I expected. Even McKinley doesn't really give IA-64 the real kickstart towards volume sales. New software coming out in 9 to 12 months is what gives a more compelling reason to buy into the new architecture. The real 64-bit battle will occur in 2003.

wbmw


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