RE: SMP on AMD K7

Paul Jakma (Paul.Jakma@Digital.com)
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 09:00:16 +0100


> > ->So it seems K7/Alpha chipsets are interchangeable, so then K7 SMP is
> > ->probably possible using the DEC chipset.
>
> Not quite, the boards are very different.
>
i was thinking more of the chipsets. If you can build an alpha board with
the AMD chipset, then maybe you can build an SMP K7 board with the DEC
Tsunami chipset.

> UP2000 is based on Tsunami (Same as the Compaq DS20, DS10 and the DP264
> machines), this will not run with a K7.
>
is there any known reason, (apart from firmware), that K7 could not run on
tsunami?

-paul jakma.
>
>

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