Hammer speed grades?

[glugglug]

I know the Hammer is believed to be initially launching as 2GHz (3400+)

But is this going to be the high-end at initial launch? or the low end? Something tells me they aren't going to all be the exact same clock speed.

Also what is the cache line size 64 bytes like all forms of Pentium/Athlon? or is it increased to 128? Maybe increased only on Sledgehammer with the wider bus?

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

well ther was a 1.6ghz running at comdex or something
maybe they will release that model along with a faster one (2ghz or close)

 

[Cerb]

Allegedly they have 1.8GHz ones going to developers now, so it looks like they'll be on track.
Chances are, whatever they do to the clawhammer, they'll do to the sledgehammer and vice versa, just like Athlons and Durons now. Why? Because a Duron is a whole lot better as a lesser part from the start than a good part that's been castrated. ON top of that, not giving the normal ClawHammer an edge against the P4 would be stupid.
Lastly, Xeons have proven over and over again that in several intense server applications, more cache makes a huge difference, even (especially?) with the memory-crippling chipset designs up to this point. It may make a difference for us too, but we aren't as much profit.