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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (60071)	6/1/1999 11:02:00 AM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571278

K7 Motherboard support ______________________________________________________________________ Gigabyte Announces Plans to Produce Motherboard Optimized for the AMD-K7™ Processor Taipei, Taiwan, June 1, 1999 - Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. of Taiwan today announced plans to produce motherboards optimized to support the yet-to-be-released AMD-K7™ microprocessor. The new motherboard, which is expected to go into mass production early in Q3, will optimize the many enhanced features of both the new processor and the new AMD core logic (chipset). Key features will include 5 PCI slots and a 200 MHz front side bus (North Bridge-to-CPU) which is based on the Alpha EV6 protocol.. Comprehensive hardware health monitoring, ACPI 1.0 and APM 1.2 power management, and Super I/O capabilities will also be standard. The motherboard will be produced in the ATX form factor. In a brief interview provided to the Taiwanese press, senior Gigabyte executives praised the new motherboard as the latest example of Gigabyte's fundamental and enduring focus on product innovation and providing its customers with the widest range of high performance computer technologies. About AMD AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets. AMD produces processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices, and products for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had sales revenues of $2.5 billion in 1998. (NYSE: AMD). About Gigabyte Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd., an ISO-9001 certified company, is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of quality, high-performance components and sub-assemblies for the international computer industry. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, the company's motherboard production in 1998 exceeded 4,000,000 units. Sales revenue in 1998 exceeded US$348 million. The company, which is listed on the TAIEX, markets to distributors, system integrators, and OEM computer manufacturers worldwide. gigabyte.com.tw __________________________________________________________________ And here are the specs of two unannounced K7 motherboards taken from JC's page - FIC SD11 - ATX, Slot A, 200MHz, 3 DIMM, 1AGP, 5 PCI/2 ISA MSI MS-6167 - ATX, Slot A, 100/200MHz, 3DIMM (768MB max), 4PCI, 3ISA, 1AGP

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (60071)	6/1/1999 1:09:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571278

Re: "You see that the EV6-bus is NOT the bus connected to the memory. The EV6 bus is the big fat pipe from the CPU to the chipset. The chipset has different pipes to all the other buses, including main memory, PCI, and AGP. In a Slot 1 system, the same local I/O bus must handle the I/O requests of the CPU, main memory, AGP, and PCI bus. The K7, however, will have its own private pipe to the chipset. " Can you tell me the difference between the EV6-Port (not a bus) and a single CPU P6 system? Nothing I can see. The big difference only comes in when you have multiple CPUs. On the P6 system they share the processor bus (Yes this one is a bus). On the EV6 system each CPU has it's own port which it does not share with another processor. Futhermore your description of Slot1 is simply wrong. Only the processor sits on the northbridge side of the chipset. Each I/O bus or port is seperate and distinct. The AGP port stands alone. The memory bus and the PCI bus are also distinct. EP