Reverse Hyper-transport..its here??!?

[K404]

http://www.overclockers.ru/hardnews/22558.shtml

Rumour has it the new AM2 stuff has it..all it needs is the CPU and BIOS driver to enable it..if its true!

This allows a dual-core to be seen as a single core basically... AMDs 4x4 idea just became very very interesting!!

Rumours are split between this being available on the current AM2 stuff, and it being available on the 65nm AM2 parts OR it`ll be available on the K8L, which we were expecting anyway...

K

 

[Baldrick]

I hope this is true amd need something like this to keep up with (or even beat ) conroe.

Although if it is already on the cpus makes you wonder why its not enabled.

 

[K404]

lol more rumours suggest it was to be announced the day after Conroes release... even if they come out with it now, the mere rumour could damage Conroes launch.. same way rumours of Conroe damaged AM2 launch

i`d love it to be true coz AMD are the underdog...what a massive "owned" that would be...oh wow!

 

[maverik-sg1]

As I dont speak Russian, what does this all mean for us?

Mav

 

[K404]

They dont give much away...they just say it exists for current AM2 gear and only needs a BIOS and CPU driver update to unleash it.

Assuming its true:

It means that anyone who upgrades to AM2 will be able to use their X2 CPU as either a single core at 2x the core speed, or as a dual-core at the CPU speed. eg...for SuperPi, a stock 4400+ would act as a single-core at 4.4GHz and for video encoding it would act as a dual-core at 2.2GHz

No details on how the cache behaves.

 

[ibby]

good news for all of us.

not so much good news for intel

 

[Highland3r]

If this IS the case, then it suddenly makes AM2 seem much more tempting... Will give conroe a good run for its money, especially if the chip's don't cost much more than the Intel equivalent.

Would be a nifty ace for AMD to hold up its sleeves too, price drops and the anti HT jobby.. Nice work from the AMD camp

 

[BigAndy]

They dont give much away...they just say it exists for current AM2 gear and only needs a BIOS and CPU driver update to unleash it.

Assuming its true:

It means that anyone who upgrades to AM2 will be able to use their X2 CPU as either a single core at 2x the core speed, or as a dual-core at the CPU speed. eg...for SuperPi, a stock 4400+ would act as a single-core at 4.4GHz and for video encoding it would act as a dual-core at 2.2GHz

No details on how the cache behaves.

Sorry, this is off topic, but does it mean Kenny understand Russian?

I'm asking this out of intrest because i can speak Russian fluently .

Cheers

 

[killeroverload]

will make things very interesting. lets just hope it's true.

 

[K404]

Sorry, this is off topic, but does it mean Kenny understand Russian?

I'm asking this out of intrest because i can speak Russian fluently .

Cheers

You give me way too much credit!!! I used freetranslation.com!!

 

[nick25]

Andy - Kenny works for the Russian mafia, secret is now out.

This is very interesting, keeping a close eye on this one. As for superpi, what sort of time would a 4.8Ghz (4800+) get in 1m?

 

[BigAndy]

You give me way too much credit!!! I used freetranslation.com!!

You cheat .

Anyway, if all this AM2 stuff will come true then we will see some interesting things hapening 8).

 

[K404]

CONFIRMED!!!!!

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32589

INTEL JUST GOT

PWND!!!





EDIT: err...maybe not totally...Intel say they have the same thing, ready to go, but rumoured only for the EE?

 

[BigAndy]

SWEET .

AMD forever .

 

[Mr Dizzy]

now thats realy put a spaner in the works for those people waiting for conroe

 

[maverik-sg1]

Certainly makes the choice less of a one horse race doesn't it??

Good for the price wars for the consumer too

Although if it's on the EE edition - then why haven't we seen it on the EE tests we have seen so far? Maybe it will be one the EE with the 1333mhz FSB by which time K8L will be introduced.

Time to take a breather, see wht happens and make a more informed decision when the products and technologies are properly reviewed head to head.

Interesting though that they release the CPU and will only relase the review NDA 4 days later, what's that all about??

Mav

 

[fatty]

Glad I couldn't afford an upgrade earlier lool