Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 18:30:49 -0400 From: Benjamin Flom <benf@nexgen.com> To: "Thompson, Scott" <Scott_Thompson@quakeroats.com> Cc: "'Hartmann, O.'" <ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SLOT 1 <-> FC-PGA converter in DUAL-SMP systems Message-ID: <3ACF9519.3040109@nexgen.com> References: <B7FD423C11D3D2118A880008C7C5A11B07194EE8@chintmg5.corp.quakeroats.com>
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We sell Slot 1 -> FCPGA convertor boards. They are of high quality and have worked flawlessly to date. x86 Computers LLC PO Box 350201 Brooklyn, New York 11235-0201 Phone: (800) 986-3713 Facsimile: (800) 986-3714 mail@x86computers.com Thompson, Scott wrote: > i believe that a-bit makes a dual pIII FPGA motherboard. this would > eliminate the need for the bridges. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hartmann, O. [mailto:ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de] > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 7:40 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > Subject: SLOT 1 <-> FC-PGA converter in DUAL-SMP systems > > > Dear Sirs. > > We use with great success and with reliability TYAN's Thunder 2500 > mainboard (2x 866MHz) for our server box. We wish to upgrade this > machine with to 1000 MHz Intel PIII CPUs within the next months. > As we know, this mainboard has two SLOT 1 for CPUs and the most > Intel-launched CPUs today are FC-PGA types. My first though was to > obtain high quality (but from whom?) Slot 1 to FC-PGA converters as > offered by several vendors but in the past I read much about high > frequency/impedance problems with CPUs in such converter boards, > especially for dual SMP systems. > > Has anyone experiences with such converters in DUAL-SMP boxes and > CPUs >933 MHz? Can you name me please some high quality vendors of > such boards? > > Thanks. > > Oliver > > -- > MfG > O. Hartmann > > ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > IT-Administration des Institut fuer Physik der Atmosphaere (IPA) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz > Becherweg 21 > 55099 Mainz > > Tel: +496131/3924662 (Maschinensaal) > Tel: +496131/3924144 > FAX: +496131/3923532 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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