Athlon Duel Processor

[Diesel]

Are you going to have the 2 CPU's battle to the death? http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/wink.gif

Sorry, couldn't resist pointing out that misspelling.

Currently, no one has produced a chipset that allows you to run Athlons in an SMP config. Without a chipset, no motherboards.

If you believe the vaporware channels, expect to see an Athlon SMP chipset sometime around Christmas.
Look for motherboards sometime in the Spring, if you believe industry reports.


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[ukliam]

http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/lol.gif
Spelling never has been my strong point http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/wink.gif

[WaterB]

early Quarter1 is the release date they've been telling us.. a person i talked to (from asus) said the via chipset already works pretty well so they expect it very early Q1.. January.. what's also exciting is the expected roll out of the motherboard chipsets which supports DDR.. they expect those to be released before the SMP ones...

[ukliam]

Does anyone know if there is a motherboard out yet that can support duel athlon processors?

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[Diesel]

Saw this news blip...


AMD PASSES MULTIPROCESSING MILESTONE: DEMONSTRATES FIRST WORKSTATION POWERED BY DUAL AMD ATHLON PROCESSORS

-- Dual Processor System Features Forthcoming AMD-760 MP Chipset for Enterprise Computing --

SAN JOSE, CA --OCTOBER 10, 2000--AMD today reached a new milestone with the first public demonstration of a multiprocessor computer designed specifically to work with AMD processors. The demonstration, at the 2000 Microprocessor Forum, consisted of a computer powered by dual AMD Athlon processors, the AMD-760 MP chipset, and next-generation Double Data Rate (DDR) memory. The
multiprocessing computer demonstration featured 3D Studio Max, a professional 3D design and modeling application capable of increasing system performance
by using both processors simultaneously.

"Todays demonstration brings AMD one step closer to enable our customers to offer next-generation dual processor workstations and servers powered by AMD
processors," said Rich Heye, vice president and general manager of AMDs Texas Microprocessor Division. "AMDs dual processor platform is designed to
take the extremely successful AMD Athlon processor into the enterprise markets that require multiprocessing workstation and server solutions."



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spidergoolash: "heh, a cup of diesel dan - mwahhha"
me: "heh, a cup of me is like a cup of heaven!"