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[wbmw]

Re: I would be shocked if AMD didn't move to a design with
two independent memory controllers, one for each DIMM
channel, for better memory level parallelism.

And I would be shocked if 17GB/s of bus bandwidth isn't enough for a QC Woodcrest system to scale on most loads.

[jhalada]

chipguy,

I would be shocked if AMD didn't move to a design with
two independent memory controllers, one for each DIMM
channel, for better memory level parallelism.

What's the advantage of 2 independent parallel memory controllers vs. 1, more complex one?

Joe