AMD Dual Socket 4x4

Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
edited June 2006 in Science & Tech
AMD took the leisure in announcing hints at a new road map that would include a dual socket AM2 system. The new dual socket system is being referred to as "4x4". No not 4 cores per socket but 2 AM2 X2 CPU's running side by side.
As expected, AMD has been working on an answer - and while the company does not have a new architecture, the manufacturer scales the current Athlon64 platform until the arrival of 65 nm production generation in Q4 2006 or Q1 2007. At least on the high end, the company believes that it will retain the performance crown with a system the company calls "4x4."
Source: TG Daily

Comments

  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    Lame. Sounds like they're trying to pull a stunt... "Our two processors are better than their one."
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    I heard that Quad core will slide into AM2 socket, so inturn they could end up with 8 core system, as a high end gamer that opens a ton of doors, especially for developers.
  • Unknown
    edited June 2006
    I have to agree this does sound like a stunt. I know AMD has something in the works to man handle conroe but liek always we gotta wait as they plaay leap frog.
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    Call me a Skeptic, but I think this Dual socket is the real deal and will tie the desktop systems into AMD's new Torrenza system.
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    Meh, I could run 2x2 on my H8DCE now. If I had wads of money, that is.

    Seriously though, "dual socket"? I suppose these days dual CPU isn't distinguishable enough from dual core so we get new and interesting coinage like this. I just love the major attitude shift in the benefit of dual execution units brought by AMD's dual-core processors. I mean, some people have been using "dual socket" for years, appreciating its performance and spreading the gospel that this sort of performance can be useful to normal people beyond business applications (e.g. gaming) but with few converts. Now everyone has whet their appetite with dual-core and wants what we've had all along: more holes to plug CPUs in.

    I'm fairly certain there's a diminishing returns curve associated with Cost vs Performance with number of cores and processors. I would be interested to see it so I can know if blowing beaucoup of money on a computer Hydra is really worth it.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • Evermore
    edited June 2006
    Ehhh. I think this is a great idea! Some idea as the "SLI" or "Crossfire" that everyone seems to love. Why not bring out this idea. YOu know the possibilities of having 4 different cores to run on your system? Yes. This does mean very high prices, but why not for the enthusiasts?

    Nah. Not a stunt. Just another idea to bring to the table. Something new. Something unheard of. I think it's a spectacular idea.
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    I want real 4X4! As in 4 Quad cores so as to have a total of 16 cores in one machine! :D
  • V-PV-P State College, PA Member
    edited June 2006
    mtgoat wrote:
    I want real 4X4! As in 4 Quad cores so as to have a total of 16 cores in one machine! :D
    Getting 5 XBOX 360's is close... :shrug:
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    soon enought MT soon enough
  • jradminjradmin North Kackalaki
    edited June 2006
    Well, if they actually make a good range of multithreaded games and optomize older ones...then I could see this being a good thing.
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    Hell, I'll just take the farm in a box efferct for folding purposes! :D
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