From owner-freebsd-smp Mon Jun 29 20:52:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA20281 for freebsd-smp-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 20:52:52 -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 UAA20252 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 20:52:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@atipa.com) Received: (qmail 9583 invoked by uid 1017); 30 Jun 1998 02:49:34 -0000 Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 20:49:34 -0600 (MDT) From: Atipa To: Leo Papandreou cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel announces Xeon!!! Was Re: PPro vs PII In-Reply-To: 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 Forgot the URL for the Press Release: http://www.intel.com/PentiumII/Xeon/intro.htm?iid=mail+cn2& > 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