Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 23:25:11 -0500 From: "Will Saxon" <WillS@housing.ufl.edu> To: "Willem Jan Withagen" <wjw@withagen.nl>, <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: MSI K8T-MASTER Message-ID: <0E972CEE334BFE4291CD07E056C76ED8CBBE6F@bragi.housing.ufl.edu>
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> > Which does not really sound like the 2nd processor is going > to be well connected > to main memory??? > And thus this sounds like an unbalanced architecture with > respect to memory > access times.... > > This this correct? or how does it work otherwise? Yes it is correct. The Master2-FAR has a "4+0" configuration where one processor must conduct memory transactions through the other. I don't know how much of a performance penalty this imposes. I'm sure it depends on the application. I'm happy with mine, although I might buy a different board if I were to purchase a new one today. -Willhome | help
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