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[watts3000]

Does anyone know when these chips will be coming to market.

 

[tomrizzo]

i think in about a year

 

[FishTankX]

December

 

[watts3000]

what kind of ddr ram has been tested with this chip so far 2100 or 333

 

[Rand]

<< what kind of ddr ram has been tested with this chip so far 2100 or 333 >>



Officially the ClawHammer is due to be launched in Q4 2002, and the SledgeHammer in Q2 2003.
PC2100 DDR SDRAM, on a dual channel memory controller for the ClawHammer, and PC2700 DDR SDRAM on a dual channel controller for the SledgeHammer.

 

[AGodspeed]

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<< what kind of ddr ram has been tested with this chip so far 2100 or 333 >>



Officially the ClawHammer is due to be launched in Q4 2002, and the SledgeHammer in Q2 2003.
PC2100 DDR SDRAM, on a dual channel memory controller for the ClawHammer, and PC2700 DDR SDRAM on a dual channel controller for the SledgeHammer. >>

Correction, SledgeHammer is slated for Q1 2003.

Both the ClawHammer (1-2 way desktop/workstation processor) and SledgeHammer (2-8 way server processor) will support PC2700, PC2100, and PC1600 DDR DRAM. ClawHammer will utilize only single channel (64-bit) technology, whereas SledgeHammer will have a dual channel interface (128-bit) in addition to twice the L2 cache as ClawHammer (supposedly 1024K for SledgeHammer versus 512K for ClawHammer).

 

[OwenEzra]

Can you use a Sledgehammer with a desktop? I mean can you use a server CPU with a desktop or does it have to be a server? Do you have to have a specialized mobo and everything else to run it thus making it a server? wait a minute, i just answered my own question, didn't I?

 

[ProviaFan]

<< Can you use a Sledgehammer with a desktop? I mean can you use a server CPU with a desktop or does it have to be a server? Do you have to have a specialized mobo and everything else to run it thus making it a server? wait a minute, i just answered my own question, didn't I? >>


Yea, kinda. You can run server/workstation apps on a desktop (how many people here have 3dsmax I don't dare try to count ) and vice versa, although doing the former is asking for terrible performance and the latter is a waste of processor power and money.