AMD Hammer News

[gokuss4]

As the world waits for AMD's Athlon XP 2800+ to hit retail shelves, which I've been told will happen early next year, I can't help but wonder when we'll see the eighth generation Hammer family. Originally slated for release late in 2002, processors built on the K8 architecture will feature an integrated memory controller, making the job of chipset manufacturers a little easier.

Several manufacturers have already vocalized plans to support the Hammer. VIA's upcoming K8HTA (K8T400), for instance, will support AGP 8x, Serial ATA, and integrated Ethernet. SiS will take that one step further with its 755 chipset, possibly sporting integrated graphics and IEEE 1394, in addition to AGP 8x and Serial ATA. Acer Labs supposedly has a chipset in the works, though it doesn't appear to be nearly as feature-complete as VIA or SiS' products. Of course, AMD will have its own 8000 series chipset ready at launch time, just as it did with the 750 and 760 chipsets. AMD's solution adds PCI-X support, though it neglects Serial ATA and FireWire. Finally, NVIDIA will offer its own nForce-derived Hammer chipset, which I'd expect to perform well considering NVIDIA's experience with Hyper Transport.

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[ra5555]

I am still a bit doubtful about the Hammers Performance... I mean by the time it is released, it will face what? A P4 3.2 Ghz?

However, I can't wait for the release of Athlon 2800+

 

[Josep]

I am still a bit doubtful about the Hammers Performance... I mean by the time it is released, it will face what? A P4 3.2 Ghz?

However, I can't wait for the release of Athlon 2800+

you doubt AMD?!

/me slaps ra5555

it'll royally kickass. (stress on the period)

 

[B*A*G*G]

why wait for the hammer?
as soon as i get my hands on a nforce2
i'll be clockin this 2400+ to 3000+ speeds (thanks to this massive copper sink i got )

but as soon as i burn up this little 2400+ (...and yes...it will burn)
i'll prolly sell it to some dumb noob and buy a P4. :innocent:

 

[Slougi]

you doubt AMD?!

/me slaps ra5555

it'll royally kickass. (stress on the period)

I royally doubt that. AMD is having huge problems with their 0.13 micron process, and SOI doesn't help. I also doubt their 64-bit architecture will gain much support, unless the prescott supports it as well. Actually i see AMD going out of business soon, unless they solve their manufacturing problems within the next month or two.

gokuss4: so what is the news? that is old information throughout.

 

[crhylove]

slougi...
i royally doubt your whole post. AMD always has owned all over intel with every release. switching to the .13 process is just a minor speed bump industry wise, and the performance gains are going to be large, obviously.

the simple fact is though, i don't care much about processor speed these days... i'm more excited about the development in things like ram-based hard drives, quantum chips, the nv30, more bus speed, and the ever increasing quality of monitors, and ever decreasing prices of all of that.

i frickin' LOVE your avatar though. i get horny every time i see, it, regardless.

rhy

 

[Malcolm]

finny thing is i know a girl @ work that looks like that girl and does basically the same action all the time...

 

[AlphaWolf]

I royally doubt that. AMD is having huge problems with their 0.13 micron process, and SOI doesn't help. I also doubt their 64-bit architecture will gain much support, unless the prescott supports it as well. Actually i see AMD going out of business soon, unless they solve their manufacturing problems within the next month or two.

gokuss4: so what is the news? that is old information throughout.

Actualy IIRC intel is currently in far worse shit, their itanium, which their future in its entirety is relieing on (yes, x86 is slowly but surely dieing, the companies who are giving the bigger bucks are moving away from it), is infringing on another companys patents, which is putting a huge block in their development. Not only that, but the ia-64 architecture your complaining about is also where intel is headed with their itanium.

The difference between the itanium and the clawhammer is the clawhammer is compatible with both x86 and ia-64, btw. Intels clone of the clawhammer (called the yamhill) is about 3 years behind in development.