From owner-freebsd-smp Mon Jun 29 20:50:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA20021 for freebsd-smp-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 20:50:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.atipa.com (altrox.atipa.com [208.128.22.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA19937 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 20:50:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@atipa.com) Received: (qmail 9570 invoked by uid 1017); 30 Jun 1998 02:47:20 -0000 Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 20:47:20 -0600 (MDT) From: Atipa To: Leo Papandreou cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Intel announces Xeon!!! Was Re: PPro vs PII In-Reply-To: <19980629200753.14325@supersex.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This thread is now obselete, since the new Xeon has the best features of both chips. Features Comment ------------------- -------------------- 400Mhz CPU Fast as fastest P2 400MHz cache 1:1 caching (like PPro) DIB Dual Independent Bus (from P2; double bandwidth) 1MB L2 cache From PPro. 36-bit memory Supports over 64GB RAM cached (best yet) 8-way SMP capable Better than both (w/o weird chipsets) "Cluster Support" Can cluster 4 servers? Ask Intel on that... Thermal Sensor Integrated into S.E.C., microcode ECC L2 cache Only on faster P2's right now FRC checking Redundant checks for SMP tasks (master/slave) System Management Bus S.E.C. firmware for remote diagnostics / maint... Atipa will be carrying them very shortly. Check our site for pricing and availability. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message