LTC3719 Powers the AMD Hammer

Looks like AMD have got Linear Technologies to provide them with a chip that will power the AMD's Hammer Processors. You can find the offical press release from Linear Tech <A HREF="http://www.ezwire.com/cust/LinearTech/LTC3719/3719.html" target="_new">here</A>

I guess this answers Anandtechs question of why the Hammer doesn't have any capacitors on the underside of the CPU to aid in power delivery....

<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1591&p=2" target="_new">Anandtech</A>: <font color=blue>"Next you'll note that there are no capacitors on the bottom of the CPU package to aid in power delivery to the core; again there's not much information as to why this isn't necessary but it's interesting to note nonetheless."</font color=blue>

Linear Tech Press Release:<font color=blue>"....PolyPhase operation minimizes the requirement for input and output capacitors."</font color=blue>

So err does this mean that the Hammer core voltage will be 1.55 volts ?...

<font color=blue>The LTC3719's 5-bit VID code corresponds to the core voltage range of AMD's Hammer CPUs. Core voltage range is from 0.8V to 1.55V and core current can range from 15A to 40A.</font color=blue>

The chip apprarently will reduce thermal output and minimise the need the for heatsinks...

<font color=blue>The LTC3719 includes protection functions such as current foldback, short-circuit shutdown and an overvoltage soft latch.</font color=blue>

....so err does this mean the Hammer will have thermal protection to stop it frying ?

<font color=purple>Ladies and Gentlemen, its...Hammer Time !</font color=purple>