21264 information

[Joel Jaeggli]

On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Bascule Pendragon Overdrive wrote:

> Does anyone here possess some sort of objective statistics regarding the
> 21264?  I am aware that Digital previously had specs sheets available for
> the processor, but has since taken them off.  Currently I am only able to
> find the filth put out by marketing hype artists (e.g. "Enormous cache,
> unbelieveably fast bus speeds", "Superprocessor")
> 
> Also, does anybody know the actual speed at which the processor runs?  I
> have been hearing everything from 500MHz to 1500MHz (which is a bit
> outlandish)

DEC is selling 575 and 625 mhz parts of the 21264 in their new alpha
servers. samsung is currently manufacturing 21164's out to 667 mhz.

They (neither dec nor samsung) seem to be selling the 21264 as an oem part
yet, nor are they selling boards that support it, so getting your hands on
one seems to be mostly a question of purcahsing an alphaserver 800 or
larger.
 
> Cheers,
>   Tony Arcieri
> 

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