Tyan responds.

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--- Joel Robertson <tech6@tyan.com> wrote:
I didn't get a direct response from the engineers to explain your question but they did instruction the web folks to update the spec sheet to show 8.0GB transfers. So to answer your question I guess this motherboard will support that.

Dual-core CPU's are still an unknown since they have yet to be released to the partners to do evaluation/compatiblity testing. AMD is busy showing them off but the partners aren't getting them yet. We don't know when we will have an affirmative answer to this inquiry. When we do it will be put up on the website.


> Well in the specs for the K8WE it says 6.4GB/s but a 16x16 HyperTrans
>link at 1Ghz would be 8.0GB/s wouldn't it? The spec sheets for the
>nVidia 2200/2050 MCPs and the newest AMD Opterons with the E4 stepping
>all state 1000Mhz (8.0GB/s). Is the board limited to 800Mhz while the
>processor and chipset aren't?
>
>Also, will it support "Italy" dual-core Opterons which are supposed to
>debut at the end of this year?
>
>http://hypertransport.org/products/prod...ecordID=68&CFID=98006&CFTOKEN=64336988
>http://news.com.com/AMD+updates+the+Opt...part=rss&tag=5572876&subj=news.1006.20
>http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_608,00.html
>http://www2.amd.com/us-en/protected/Weblets/1,,7832_11341,00.html?redir=CPQR07

edit: Inserted sender info.

 

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They updated the specs page as promised.
http://tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8we_spec.html
1000HT is official. What a sweet motherboard.

 

[dashiki]

Tyan boards are great but pricey

 

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Bizzump of the day.

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

Dual-core CPU's are still an unknown since they have yet to be released to the partners to do evaluation/compatiblity testing. AMD is busy showing them off but the partners aren't getting them yet. We don't know when we will have an affirmative answer to this inquiry. When we do it will be put up on the website.

I guess Tyan and every other mobo manufacturer aren't very happy they can't answer this question.

 

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Originally sent to a friend by: Tyan Sales
Dear xxxxxxx,
The S2895 should be shipping soon, and you should start to see them appear on on-line stores the middle of March. That's my best guesstimate.
BTW, we have some key partners that evaluate our product before public release. We gather feedback from them, then incorporate changes before we do mass production. Simultaneously, our manufacturing/engineering facilities in Asia were shut-down for two weeks for Chinese New Year. Thus, we had unfortunate delays to incorporate the changes, then manufacture the boards. We then have to ship them to the States for Distribution. Sorry for the delay!



Sincerely,
Tyan Sales

Also, it now will have USB2.
http://tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8we_spec.html