From owner-freebsd-smp Fri Mar 14 16:25:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA22406 for smp-outgoing; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 16:25:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from news.quick.net (donegan@news.quick.net [207.212.170.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA22397 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 16:25:19 -0800 (PST) Received: (from donegan@localhost) by news.quick.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) id QAA12724; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 16:24:50 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 16:24:49 -0800 (PST) From: "Steven P. Donegan" To: Steve Passe cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD K5 Pentium Equivalents In-Reply-To: <199703150004.RAA03482@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-smp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Steve Passe wrote: > Hi, > > > I was wondering if anyone had any experience running the AMD K5 pentium > > equivalents in an SMP motherboard (specifically the Tyan 1563D). The chip > > price is such that I can buy 2 of the AMD's at 133 for less than 2 100's > > from Intel. The motherboard in question is running great with the current > > SMP release, 2x75mhz pentiums and 128M of EDO RAM. > > unfortunately it can't be done. The APIC portion of the intel chip > is patented and thus only exists in the intel parts. AMD/Cyrix had > started something called "Open Apic" to compete, but it seems to be > DOA at this point. > > -- > Steve Passe | powered by > smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD > > Thank you all for the 3 almost instant responses on this question. Oh well, Intel has a lock it appears. Based on the costs I guess I'll go for the 100mhz parts (first ones that allow the motherboard to run the PCI bus at 33mhz). Cheers... Steven P. Donegan donegan@quick.net