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[Ixse]

Mmm, on second thought maybe that info isn't correct as it refers to Montecito as Montecino.

Regards,

Rink

[chipdesigner]

What a surprise... IPF fails to meet expectations again.

[chipguy]

Chipguy, FYI: Montecito might well have a 1.8GHz top base frequency for a while (not 2.0GHz as you expected). At least that's according to this information that Aces received:

We will have to see how that pans out. AFAIK a 2.0 (2.2) GHz
model was planned. Maybe Montecito will do an Opteron and
be 200 MHz short of target on introduction.

BTW, did you know that a 4 socket prototype Montecito box
running at 1.6 GHz gets 46 GFLOP/s on Linpack while a 4
socket dualie Opteron 875 system gets 14 GFLOP/s according
to Dongarra's latest list?

Keep in mind that design improvements in Montecito focused
on non-FP performance. :-P