Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 10:17:10 11/11/02
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On November 11, 2002 at 13:03:19, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On November 10, 2002 at 19:39:45, Jeremiah Penery wrote: > >Look further. there is even evidence on paper here in computer >magazines where reporters write about the k7 getting 8 capable. > >This is a few years ago of course. Short before k7 got onto the >market. > >Of course they have experience now getting it to work dual, so >that should help them with future SMP releases. > >We will see. > >I doubt however the times quoted. Any form of SMP into hammer >will take years to get it to 8 cpu's. If it gets 8 cpu shared memory >anyway. > >Even though their design, like that of the K7, allows that. > >I see it as a marketing promise simply, marketing people are great >in promising things. I do not understand why you forgot about these >K7 promises at all. > >It was *hot* news when it was first announced by K7 marketing people. > > > >>On November 10, 2002 at 16:54:43, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>On November 10, 2002 at 10:36:21, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >>> >>>I filled in at www.google.com next keywords: >>> >>>K7 8 processor capable >>> >>>First link i got there was this: >>> http://www.geek.com/procspec/amd/k7.htm >>> >>>If you search further you'll see so many articles from around 2000 where >>>a 8 processor K7 system was promised. Especially 'reviews'. They just >>>quoted of course what the AMD department promised. >> >>I read through several pages of links from that search, and found only one other >>MENTION of 4/8 way K7 machines. Supposedly a company called 'HotRail' was >>developing such chipsets, but they were bought out by Conexant in June 2000. >> >>There is nothing even remotely resembling a 'promise' from AMD about 4/8 way SMP >>systems that I could find. >> >>I also tried searching for K7 SMP, which didn't turn up anything useful (99% of >>the links are about the Linux kernel patches or such). >> >>I can imagine that Compaq's official killing of Alpha might have had something >>to do with 4/8 way k7 boards not being built, since K7 uses the same bus as >>Alpha EV6, and there was supposed to have been the prospect of sharing >>motherboard designs. But this is speculation. The prospect of acquiring a really fast 8-way SMP chess computer [hardware plus software] using 64-bit throughout is very exciting to me. Expecially exciting is the fact that people are seriously talking about it here at CCC. That tells me that availability is imminent. I don't have unlimited financial resources, however. Spending many tens of thousands of dollars for such a "Big Boy's Toy" is simply something that my wife would not allow me to do. : ) Today, Fritz is "The King of the Hill." Tomorrow, . . . who knows? DIEP? Crafty? Chess Kitten? Either way, I want my new "really fast 8-way SMP chess computer" to use the fastest chess engine. Just letting you know what this USER wants! : ) Bob D.
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