Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 08:46:17 +0200 From: Joachim Strombergson <Joachim.Strombergson@Ericsson.com> To: freebsd-smp <freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: FCPGA and the new Celerons in BP6 MB for SMP? Message-ID: <394092B9.19DB13C3@Ericsson.com>
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Hi! I'm since a year back a happy owner of a FreeBSD SMP system currently based on the ABIt BP6 MB equipped with two Celeron 366 PPGA processors. Then system running FreeBSD 4.0 is stable and able to take a great load, like EMACS and StarOffice at the same time... But the speed (SETI hours actually) isn't enough for my needs/wishes/geek-wants. After overcooking/overclocking them (yes, yes - I know it's a no, no) I've had a few hiccups in the system. I'm therefore resorting to more certified ways of getting better performance (can we ever have enough? ;-) I've tried to figure out if the BP6 or any other MB with PPGA sockets can use the new Celerons with FCPGA packaging. There are converters to connect a FCPGA to a Slot1 MB, but haven't seen anything related to PPGA. Is the PPGA a dead end? Also, are the new Celerons (566/600) SMP-able? I've asked around, but gotten highly different answers. Should I instead opt for the older 500 or 533 MHz non-coppermine based Celerons? So, anyone with real world experience on this? Is the truth out there? -- Med vänlig hälsning, Yours Joachim Strömbergson - Alltid i harmonisk svängning ---------------- Ericsson Microwave Systems AB ----------------- Joachim Strömbergson http://www.ericsson.se/microwave ASIC System on Silicon engineer, nice to CUTE animals. * Opinions above, expressed or implicit, are strictly personal * ------------- Spamfodder: regeringen@regeringen.se ------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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