Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[Haddock]

Last week I posted a simple calculation here showing that when you subtract the number of pins required for two HT channels from 940 then you get a number less than 754, implying that there are enough pins for dual DDR already in the smaller socket.

I think perhaps that calculation was too simple.

It's not just the number of pins involved, but their definition. Even if there are enough pins for dual DDR on Socket 754 it seems they are not defined for that use (certainly I never heard it if they are). Suddenly changing the definition of pins on Socket 754 would be much worse than moving to Socket 940 for the premium version of A64.

Anyway there may be extra ground an power supply pins needed for the dual-DDR version. Or there may be routing issues that mean you can't use arbitrary pins.

theInquirer has gotton inaccurate to the point where it is more misleading than enlightening.

I'm sure you can find things they got wrong, but your argument would work better with just one example that has actually been proved wrong, rather than one you don't like the sound of.