Replies to post #449 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[j3pflynn]

sgolds, isn't that what XP-M is, or is it just a new name for the Athlon4?

[DewDiligence]

Re Transmeta (TMTA):

>> Via and Transmeta actually have an opening in the thin & light, if they have competitive product. Been a while since I checked their products, I should take a peek. <<

Here’s the latest spec brief for the TM5800, TMTA’s most important current offering:

http://www.transmeta.com/pdf/specifications/TM5800_productbrief_030206.pdf

In 3Q03, TMTA is expected to release a new-generation product called the TM8000 (“Astro”), which will double the width of the VLIW processor from 128 to 256. The TM8000 is expected to compete with Centrino and/or P4-M in the full-sized notebook market (14-inch screen) as well as the thin/light segment served by the existing TM5800. Regards, Dew

[CombJelly]

sgolds, AMD is finally shipping SFF packaged processors. In addition, the latest round have great power specs, 16 watts typical. That is apparantly a big reason why Sun chose them for their blade servers.

Now based on what Sun has been saying, they might also have some MIPS based blades. I'd like to see the specs on some Alchemy blades. Hmm, Alchemy has been making some noises about doing a MIPS64 chip, so in the future Sun could have a complete line of 64 bit blades. You want 64 biit Sun? That 8 processor chip with 4 thread SMT per chip would be a killer. Want 64 bit but backwardly compatable with x86? I think we know the answer there. Need the lowest watts per cubic inch? The current Alchemy chips at 500MHz and 1.2 watts including the PCI and memory controllers promise that a hypothetical MIPS64 chip should do quite well in that respect...