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To: dougSF30 who wrote (220041)	12/11/2006 5:11:03 PM
From: Rink	Respond to of 275872

Doug, no link. It's just my suggestion that a 1V 100A part won't do well in a mobo designed for 1.35V 80A, unless ofcourse the mobo's were designed for this in advance something I currently doubt. Socket specs are only one factor (I think the socket is A OK). The more important factor is whether the mobo allows the difference. Keep in mind all this discussion is presuming Charlie's source is good. So again: Presume he's correct and add it to the fact that AMD said that Barcelona would be electrically and thermally compatible iirc then it means that the 1V 100A part being talked up here is not Barcelona, as Barcelona would need to work with 1.35V and 80A because that's what is used currently according to that article. I think that the differences are simply too big. Hence I'm suggesting it might well be another chip. You can connect a 1000W laundry dryer to the thin wire behind your outlet because the voltage is 100x / 200x as high as this alledged Deerfield part requires. This examplary dryer only needs 10A / 5A depending on which part of the world you live in (US / Europe). You need thicker wires for higher currents. For the 100A that this Deerfield requires think starting ignition cables (you know what I mean!) you use to get your car engine restarted when the battery is empty. Aside from that there's the voltage. You can't plug a US light bulb into a European socket either for a good reason. Of course the voltage difference is a factor two there. All I'm saying is that a third difference in voltage is a heck of a lot for householding equipment and very probably way too much for a delicate device as a microprocessor. EDIT: Just read that Hans suggests the talk isn't about a just over 1V part, but the top end 1.25V Barcelona requiring 100A for the known 125W max power consuption (for me 1.25 is a heck of a lot more than 1V but anyways...): Message 23092093 Regards, Rink