[KLUG Members] Dual proc Mobos

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 14:59, Adam Williams wrote:
> Now that is cool (different speed processors).  I'll finally grant a 
> feather for AMD's cap.

AMD has got API Networks and a crapload of former Alpha engineers.  And
even Intel has licensed their x86-64 ISA.  The problem with AMD has
_never_ been its products, but its products in the shadow of Intel.

First they finally got off the Intel platform.  That was good.  Now with
x86-64, _they_ control the ISA!  No more endless Intel BS instructions
and "workarounds."  AMD controls the platform!

The PC world just got 10x better.

> Any rumor of consumer-level priced >2 processor boards?

Actually, with the AMD 762 northbridge, they could use 4 of them to
create an 8-way.  But they didn't.  They decided to wait until Hammer
(x86-64) to create more than 2.

-- Bryan

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