AMD Opteron Processor at Hardware Extreme

[Adul]

http://www.hwextreme.com/reviews/processor/opteron/

well ok more ofa preview i guess.

 

[BigFatCow]

Originally posted by: Adul
http://www.hwextreme.com/reviews/processor/opteron/

well ok more ofa preview i guess.

looks wierd...

 

[Crassus]

Nothing new in the article IMHO

 

[Killbat]

Does "Mechanical Sample" mean there's no silicon in there?

Jeez, lookit the size of the bus on that thing. Betcha could pipe some data through that.

 

[xylem]

Yikes, quite a few bent pins on that thing... :Q

Also, might be a little tricky connecting the bridges.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: Killbat
Does "Mechanical Sample" mean there's no silicon in there? Jeez, lookit the size of the bus on that thing. Betcha could pipe some data through that.

No, the chip has been disabled. They probably left the core out of the processor.

 

[NOX]

Originally posted by: BigFatCow

Originally posted by: Adul
http://www.hwextreme.com/reviews/processor/opteron/

well ok more ofa preview i guess.

looks wierd...

Well from the top it looks just like a P4 (which is characteristic of AMD) . But the underneath does have a lot of pins.

 

[majewski9]

Bye Bye XEON !!!!

I heard that AMD will be manufacturing motherboards for their Opteron processors 4 and 8 way configurations.

 

[DirtylilTechBoy]

4-8 64 bit opterons, OMG! How would this compare to a 4-8 P4 Xeon? I think there isn't a comparison.

 

[Utterman]

Originally posted by: DirtylilTechBoy
4-8 64 bit opterons, OMG! How would this compare to a 4-8 P4 Xeon? I think there isn't a comparison.

Due to the intergrated memory controller, the Opterons will run A LOT better than Xeons in a 8 way config!! There is a lot less legancy that is lost with each additional opteron processor than there is with a Xeon processor. With a Xeon processor, each additional processor performs about 25% less than the processor before it. with the Opteron, there is a little legancy, but not that much.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Killbat
Does "Mechanical Sample" mean there's no silicon in there?

Jeez, lookit the size of the bus on that thing. Betcha could pipe some data through that.

Yup, the silicon is replaced with gears and other mechanical parts. A hand crank or driveshaft from a small electrical motor is then attached. This way mathematical errors can be discovered long before wasting silicon.