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Bari Ari bari at onelabs.com
Mon May 21 11:06:05 PDT 2001


Michael T. Prinkey wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have seen a few clusters assembled with 1U AMD Athlon systems.  Has
> anyone seen/built/melted down a 1U P4 system?  Cooling is of course an
> issue, as it is with the AMDs.  Another is the availability of low
> profile power supplies with the extra P4 power connector and sufficient
> wattage rating.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike Prinkey
> Aeolus Research, Inc.

How many would you need? We've looked at making multi P4/ 1U mainboards 
(4-8 CPUs per 1U) but we have seen very little interest in it as 
compared to IA-64, Athlon-4, ULV-PIII and Mips designs. 1 P4 per 1U 
would be simple to make. 8 - 16 ULV P-III or Athlon 4 with DDR per 1U 
look more attractive. Rambus is another unwelcome component of a current 
P4 design until the DDR chipsets are ready.

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