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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
> 
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