Clawhammer, sledgehammer, and such

[BigPappaP]

In my opinion, it is worthless to a palmino because it is not going to be a giant climb in speed compared to the t-birds. Intel doesnt ahve anything new coming out as well, although i do expect them to come out with a chip that can match the "hammer" line's 64 bit capabilities and speed. I am going to wait for those new comps to come out, and probably build myself a 4x cpu (server style) sledgehammer, and then overclock it to whatever is possible out of those new chips. With that in mind, i'll be sitting comfortable for the next 5 years, or until a super fast 128 bit super computer comes out at a reasonable price. Anyway, does anybody know anything about the "Hammer" line? i checked amd's web page and a few other sources but they really arent saying much. will the mhz be based upon the clock speed of 32 bit or 64 bit apps? if it is 32 bit then forget it, i will probably just buy me a palmino. Another question, if it is based on 64 bit applications, then a 2.5 ghz would be comparable to a 5 ghz 32bit style processor??

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[Duron Overclocker]

The only 128 bit processors I know of are the apple g4s. Eventually AMD and intel will get their hands on this tech.

[AmbientFiction]

Duron Overclocker (Jul 13, 2001 10:21 a.m.):
The only 128 bit processors I know of are the apple g4s. Eventually AMD and intel will get their hands on this tech.
As of this month or sometime soon apple is taking the G4cube off the market because people are not buying them

[oc jason]

I cannot remember the wab page for the life of me, but as the chips now are 200 or 266 bus speed rated, i heard that the thoroughbred, and the claw hammer will have a 300 and 366 bus speed rating, and when the SLEDGEHAMMER comes out it will have a 500mhz bus speed rating!

[AtomicGuY]

Actually, Clawhammer is the desktop version of Sledgehammer and both will feature AMD's brand new 533MHz FSB built with 133MHz Quad-pumped technology. Neither chip will be avail to at least summer next year and they will debut at 2266MHz (2.26GHz) or higher.

[AmbientFiction]

Have you heard about the one IBM is makeing? My friend is in a networking class at college and he told me about it something like 200gigz...Something just way out there.

[asmodean]

Propably using electron pressure to transmit data, unlike these current chips that move electrons to accomplish the same thing.

[oc jason]

think of 2 of the 2.26ghz chip overclocked and in an MP board-talk about speed

[Duron Overclocker]

AtomicGuY (Jul 14, 2001 02:05 a.m.):
Actually, Clawhammer is the desktop version of Sledgehammer and both will feature AMD's brand new 533MHz FSB built with 133MHz Quad-pumped technology. Neither chip will be avail to at least summer next year and they will debut at 2266MHz (2.26GHz) or higher.
Holy S**T!!!!
You know what you could get with a 12.5 Multiplyer??????

[wild_andy_c]

AmbientFiction (Jul 13, 2001 10:56 a.m.):
Duron Overclocker (Jul 13, 2001 10:21 a.m.):
The only 128 bit processors I know of are the apple g4s. Eventually AMD and intel will get their hands on this tech.
As of this month or sometime soon apple is taking the G4cube off the market because people are not buying them

As may well be, but the rest of the apple range will be available with the G4 processor as alternative to the G3 which is the only processor being phased out in due course of natural progression.

[castle lager fan]

The "bit" rating of a processor refers to the memory space it can address not the size of the bits it can use in calculations. SO 64 bit is still the biggest you get. And by the way some RISC processors used 128bit in floating point for some time. Be careful when you read marketing from vendors as they normally twist the truth.

Anyway what I've heard is that the "hammers" is going to be released somewhere in the 2 GHz range. Nobody know how far just yet. Trying to see what they can get out of 0.13 um and SOI I bet.