Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:47:56 12/13/02
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On December 13, 2002 at 21:45:25, Matt Taylor wrote: ><snip> >>There are no dual PIV's at the moment. Only dual xeons. Xeons are _not_ >>PIV's.... For several reasons that can be found on the Intel web site. That's >>why >>xeons are considered to be their "server class chips" while the PIV is their >>"desktop >>class chip". > >Actually the high-clocked Xeons are Pentium 4 Xeons. If memory serves correctly, >the original Xeon was a Pentium 2 with extra cache. The Xeon is just Intel's >name for the SMP version of the chip. It's still the same chip, but in most >cases they add extra cache and enable SMP. > >-Matt They are not quite PIVs. If you use intel's compiler and compile for a PIV and run it on a PIV the thing runs fine. If you compile for a PIV and run it on a xeon it will blow up. ---from experience last week... :)
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