Actually, AMD uses the same setup, also (DECs Alpha bus), so when multi-proc Athlon systems become available, you should see the same performance. Nick mend0070 at tc.umn.edu, on 07/19/2000 10:37:42 AM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org @ PMDF cc: Subject: Re: [TCLUG:19672] VALinux vs Compaq, and OT: statistical inference On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Scott Dier wrote: > * Ben Kochie <ben at nerp.net> [000719 08:08]: > > intel's off the shelf stuff. they use something called "crossbar > > switch" which allows DRAM requests to be interlaced to multiple dimm's at > > a time.. which is really cool. > > Read: Neat name for something that many high-end hardware machines do. > SEE: Many high-end non-x86 sgi machines for instance. Not entirely. The crossbar switch was something developed by DEC, and I'm pretty sure that Compaq just inherited it in the purchase. But I don't doubt that the same performance is achieved elsewhere, whether by the same means or not. -- Lottery: a tax on people who are bad at math --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org -------------- next part -------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org