As I'm not around here much , I'm not sure if this has been posted, but there's been alot of yammering about Dual Core on S939. I was poking around AMD over the past few days lookin at their dual core info and noticed this in my travels;

<A HREF="http://www.c627627.com/AMD/Athlon64/" target="_new">http://www.c627627.com/AMD/Athlon64/</A>

Definite confirmation of S939 support and a target date Q4 2005. Well I hope this isn't 'old news' for you guys, cause it sure makes things a little easier in my mind since all AMDs been showing recently is their S940 dual core procs.


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That roadmap isn't an official one. Its an attempt to bring together all rumoured specs/release dates.

As for dual core on S939, I heard Q3, but no one seems to know for sure. Some say it might even happen earlier, some say later. Q3 for DC opteron is pretty much a given though, so I assume AMD could release a DC S939 AFX chip around the same period if they wanted to.

One thing kinda surprised me on that roadmap though.. dual core Semprons next year ? I'll believe that when I see it..

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Dualcore Semprons? Doesnt that kind of defeat the point?

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I also doubt the DDR2 support.

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Because.

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With lower yields on dual core, they'd have to be able to convert some of the "not quite A64 performance" die to something sellable. Looks like the semprons will be based on the A64 (Orleans?) with half the cache disabled.

Why is this surprising? I'm sure there will be dual-core celerons as well.

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That brings up another scary thought. Will there be single core CPUs that are actually dual-cored where one of the cores is disabled/failed?

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That's scary?

Some people are like slinkies....
Not really good for anything but you cant help smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

A more sensible way to recover those dies that don't clock high, is to sell them as opterons. there are plenty of server apps where cheap(er) low(er) clocked, multicore chips make a lot of sense. Also note, that you can still buy 1.4 GHz opterons today..

Unless of course, there is a defect in the cache that can not be recovered, in which case dual core semprons might be a way out. Still, seems like a nightmare to market. how are you going to position higher clocked single core A64's against lower clocked dual core semprons ??

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No need to doubt it. If and when DDR2 becomes available and affordable at 667 and 800 Mhz speeds, expect AMD to support it. That is what they have said from the beginning.

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800 Mhz is already news. Im running mine around 780 now. Kingston hasnt released it yet, but they have Ram that is well over 800Mhz but there is only 1 board as of now that can run at that speed. I realize this is an AMD discussion and im referring to Intel, but I thought it still indirectly may apply.

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How much does that ram cost that has resonable timings?

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