From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 10 12:34:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.xs4all.nl (smtp3.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE6D037B401; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:34:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp3.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA24203; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 21:34:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.4/8.11.3) id f6AJY3S01463; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 21:34:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 21:34:02 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Josh M Osborne Cc: dochawk@psu.edu, tlambert2@mindspring.com, nathan@vidican.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Athlon MP / AMD 760MP Chipset (Athlon SMP question) Message-ID: <20010710213402.D1389@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <3B4B21B3.26B76804@mindspring.com> <200107101642.f6AGgCx34740@fac13.ds.psu.edu> <20010710142513.A15929@torb.pix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010710142513.A15929@torb.pix.net>; from stripes@iamsofired.com on Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 02:25:13PM -0400 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 02:25:13PM -0400, Josh M Osborne wrote: > On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 12:42:12PM -0400, dochawk@psu.edu wrote: > [...] > > > Instead, AMD implemented the Intel APIC specification; > > > I'm not sure if they did it by licensing the patent > > > (Intel had a patent on the APIC design), or if it's > > > just been long enough for it to come off patent > > > > The Athlon uses the Alpha's ev6 spec, not the intel spec. > That may explain why you can buy Alpha systems with 40+ CPUs, and 32 max, on Wildfire. > Intel XENON boxes with no more then eight (or is it four?). It is Eight, eg on a Compaq Proliant 8000. Or 32 for the Unisys (IIRC) CMP machines. -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte "Youth is not a time in life, it is a state of mind" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message