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To: dougSF30 who wrote (183199)	1/12/2006 10:58:14 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Doug, I wonder if there will really not be 1MB L2 SC A64s with Rev F, or if the author messed that up. It looks like there will not be. There is not really any need if 2.6 GHz can be produced with ease. TG Daily is part of THG? I didn't know that... may have to re-evaluate faith in their claims. (Like Merom slip, hot, etc.) They are part of THG. This particular article makes total sense to me, and it fits roadmap posted on Anandtech in November 2005: anandtech.com Joe

To: dougSF30 who wrote (183199)	1/12/2006 11:17:14 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 275872

Doug, Another thing I like about the the M2 parts (and die configuration) is good silicon utilization. This time there may in fact be a die for Sempron that has only 256K L2 (as opposed to 512K and half disabled in current Semprons). Further, dual channel enabled on Sempron makes total sense, since it does not cost AMD extra silicon. There may be cut down PCs and mobos, that have only 1 channel wired, but in default configuration, with dual channels, Sempron will deliver the best bang for the silicon buck (I mean mm^2). I already touched on SC desktop, with onlye 512K, which also conserves die space. The question about 1MB SC is whether AMD plans to continue to sell SC Opterons in the new server socket or not. It is possible that AMD will not sell any SC Opterons. Then, there will be one die configuration less to worry about. I think there should still be 2 different die configurations for DC (2x512KB and 2x1MB). What is a little confusing is why they would both be called Windsor... Joe