AMD 4x4

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No they havent made a jeep...

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Intel may be getting all the attention with its quad core and Core 2 Duo blitzkrieg, but AMD's not one to rest on its laurels. Its forthcoming 4x4 platform will place two dual-core CPUs on one mobo for a total of four cores. Asus' L1N64-SLI WS will be the first mobo to support the 4x4 architecture and this here is an overview of what you can expect. It'll have 4 memory slots (2 memory sticks dedicated for each processor), 12 SATA ports, and 4 PCI Express x16 slots. The two CPUs will be connected via AMD's Direct Connect architecture. Spec-wise, the board is fully loaded. Our only concern will be pricing, as something with this many features can't possibly be cheap and could potentially be more expensive than the Intel alternative.

Hit the jump for a bird's eye view of the board.

DailyTech AMD Dual Core RoadMap > http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4422



DailyTech AMD Beyond "Brisbone" > http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4943

[kenof2142]

Re: AMD 4x4

Oh my....pricing an issue indeed.

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Re: AMD 4x4

the part init i find interesting is the 12 SATA ports, Super Storage anyone?

[kenof2142]

Re: AMD 4x4

Agreed, match that to the terabyte hdd's available....like whoa!

12 sata ports x 320 gb hdds = 3840 gig of hdd space :shock:

[megawhompertoo]

Re: AMD 4x4

Is there a practical use...other than video editing/kernel compiling (acutally, more like compiling multiple kernels at once)...for Athlon off-road?

And, if you found a way to add only six more cores, would that be a Decathlon event?