19 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-hardwareRe: supermicro p6sns/p6sas| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Craig Johnston | May 16, 1997 12:42 pm | |
| Tom Jackson | Sep 26, 1997 12:30 pm | |
| Tony Kimball | Sep 26, 1997 1:07 pm | |
| Tom Jackson | Sep 27, 1997 8:40 pm | |
| Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com | Sep 27, 1997 10:16 pm | |
| Sean Eric Fagan | Sep 27, 1997 10:35 pm | |
| Tony Kimball | Sep 28, 1997 3:21 pm | |
| Tom | Sep 28, 1997 7:57 pm | |
| Ben Bryan | Sep 28, 1997 8:49 pm | |
| Tony Kimball | Sep 29, 1997 8:04 am | |
| Tom | Sep 29, 1997 10:55 am | |
| Tony Kimball | Sep 29, 1997 11:13 am | |
| Kedar | Sep 29, 1997 11:27 am | |
| John T. Farmer | Sep 29, 1997 11:08 pm | |
| Tom | Sep 29, 1997 11:49 pm | |
| Doug Russell | Sep 30, 1997 12:35 am | |
| John T. Farmer | Sep 30, 1997 5:57 am | |
| Tony Kimball | Sep 30, 1997 8:57 am | |
| Narvi | Sep 30, 1997 1:02 pm |
| Subject: | Re: supermicro p6sns/p6sas | |
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| From: | Tom (to...@sdf.com) | |
| Date: | Sep 29, 1997 11:49:07 pm | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-hardware | |
On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, John T. Farmer wrote:
The reason for AMD & Cyrix _not_ making a slot-1 is the same reason that they don't make socket-8 cpu's, namely, patents. Intel holds patents on both socket-8 and slot-1. Want to bet that they have/will have a patent on the slot-2 architecture also?
Which is probably what everyone has been doing already. What kind of socket does the Alpha 21164 use? How about the PowerPC 750? How about the UltraSparc? How about the R10000? How many of these socket types are patented?
Ah, for the days when socket formats/designs were open, set by industry coalitions or organizations. When manufactours designed a "closed" socket & watched their design-in wins drop...
Huh? For CPU sockets? Manufactures always just built what they need. Besides CPU design has changed a lot. I agree with Intel's motivation to go to a SEC. It provides a package which is easier to cool for a start. Is there a "standard" SEC style design that Intel could have used instead of coming up with slot 1?
John