19 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-hardwareRe: supermicro p6sns/p6sas| From | Sent On | Attachments |
|---|---|---|
| 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: | John T. Farmer (jfar...@sabre.goldsword.com) | |
| Date: | Sep 29, 1997 11:08:05 pm | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-hardware | |
On Sun, 28 Sep 1997 19:58:04 -0700 (PDT) Tom said: [stuff deleted]
Why is it clear that socket 7 has superior life expentency to socket 8? Socket 8 is better (better bandwidth) than socket 7, so why doesn't AMD just make socket 8 processors rather than messing around trying to sqeeze more out of socket 7? I agree with Michael. AMD/Cyrix is targetting the secondary market, otherwise they'd be cranking out processors to use with the faster socket 8.
Also, you can use socket 8 processors in a slot 1 with an adapter. I have no idea why AMD isn't exploiting this to put CPUs onto slot 1 motherboards now.
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?
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...
John