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DDR2 performance issues caused delay in Socket AM2
Looks like they found that they had to respin the DDR2 memory
controller circuitry, because it wasn't performing too well. That's why it's now slated to be released by June 6, 2006 (6-6-6, btw), instead of earlier. Geek.com Geek News - DDR2 issue causes Socket AM2 delay http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/20...0220034869.htm Yousuf Khan |
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DDR2 performance issues caused delay in Socket AM2
YKhan wrote:
: Looks like they found that they had to respin the DDR2 memory : controller circuitry, because it wasn't performing too well. That's : why it's now slated to be released by June 6, 2006 (6-6-6, btw), : instead of earlier. : : Geek.com Geek News - DDR2 issue causes Socket AM2 delay : http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/20...0220034869.htm : Is this the replacement (ie, AM2) for socket 939? I ask because I would like to build a new system within the next six months or so, and am a little confused with all the changes of late. My Asus A7V333 is getting a little long in the tooth, and since I do lots of Photoshop work and lots of MP3 and video encoding, the thought of a dual-core AMD platform is becoming more and more of "a need" for me. :-) G7 |
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DDR2 performance issues caused delay in Socket AM2
Gary Seven wrote:
Is this the replacement (ie, AM2) for socket 939? I ask because I would like to build a new system within the next six months or so, and am a little confused with all the changes of late. My Asus A7V333 is getting a little long in the tooth, and since I do lots of Photoshop work and lots of MP3 and video encoding, the thought of a dual-core AMD platform is becoming more and more of "a need" for me. :-) Yes, it's socket that AMD is going to be using to support DDR2 (and apparently also DDR3, but we'll have to wait to see that). Yousuf Khan |
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DDR2 performance issues caused delay in Socket AM2
On 20 Feb 2006 11:56:06 -0800, "YKhan" wrote:
Looks like they found that they had to respin the DDR2 memory controller circuitry, because it wasn't performing too well. That's why it's now slated to be released by June 6, 2006 (6-6-6, btw), instead of earlier. Geek.com Geek News - DDR2 issue causes Socket AM2 delay http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/20...0220034869.htm Hmm, I wonder if this why they signed up for the Rambus license?... to get some engineering help? -- Rgds, George Macdonald |
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DDR2 performance issues caused delay in Socket AM2
George Macdonald wrote:
Hmm, I wonder if this why they signed up for the Rambus license?... to get some engineering help? It's likely whatever problems they were having was based on their own designs, so they'll have to fix their own bugs. Rambus might be there for future revisions the DDR controller. Hell, it might even be there to help out with the ZRAM controller. :-) Yousuf Khan |
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DDR2 performance issues caused delay in Socket AM2
Yousuf Khan wrote:
: George Macdonald wrote: :: Hmm, I wonder if this why they signed up for the Rambus :: license?... to get some engineering help? :: : : It's likely whatever problems they were having was based on their : own designs, so they'll have to fix their own bugs. Rambus might be : there for future revisions the DDR controller. Hell, it might even : be there to help out with the ZRAM controller. :-) Rambus? Is this the **same** Rambus from just a few years ago that was running around sueing the pants off everybody and their grandmother? Why o why in god's name would AMD want to get involved with those vultures? :-( G7 |
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DDR2 performance issues caused delay in Socket AM2
Yousuf Khan wrote: George Macdonald wrote: Hmm, I wonder if this why they signed up for the Rambus license?... to get some engineering help? It's likely whatever problems they were having was based on their own designs, so they'll have to fix their own bugs. Rambus might be there for future revisions the DDR controller. I suspect it was for engineering help as George put it. A lot of guys have used Rambus to design fast memory controllers/subsystems, since they have lots of expertise in the area. Hell, it might even be there to help out with the ZRAM controller. :-) Yousuf, you're a very funny person. DK |
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DDR2 performance issues caused delay in Socket AM2
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:55:25 -0500, George Macdonald
wrote: On 20 Feb 2006 11:56:06 -0800, "YKhan" wrote: Looks like they found that they had to respin the DDR2 memory controller circuitry, because it wasn't performing too well. That's why it's now slated to be released by June 6, 2006 (6-6-6, btw), instead of earlier. Geek.com Geek News - DDR2 issue causes Socket AM2 delay http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/20...0220034869.htm Hmm, I wonder if this why they signed up for the Rambus license?... to get some engineering help? LOL! Interesting theory, but I really doubt it. My reading of it is that it's just a performance-related issue with the layout of the circuits. This sort of thing does happen, and while it's not particularly good news for AMD, it sounds like something that they'll be able to sort out on their own without too much of a delay. The good news for AMD is that if it's *just* a performance related issue then it shouldn't affect platform development at all. Chipset and motherboard makers should be just fine with the pre-production samples, albeit with somewhat reduced levels of performance. ------------- Tony Hill hilla underscore 20 at yahoo dot ca |
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DDR2 performance issues caused delay in Socket AM2
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:37:08 -0500, Yousuf Khan wrote:
George Macdonald wrote: Hmm, I wonder if this why they signed up for the Rambus license?... to get some engineering help? It's likely whatever problems they were having was based on their own designs, so they'll have to fix their own bugs. Rambus might be there for future revisions the DDR controller. Hell, it might even be there to help out with the ZRAM controller. :-) What could have been been wrong with a DDR2 controller? Since they'd already done DDR, I'd guess the PHY - IOW a "cell" which Rambus could pull off the shelf and AMD could slot in. You have to figure that AMD has umm, collaborated with the likes of Micron to get it working right first... before the excrement hit the blades. -- Rgds, George Macdonald |
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DDR2 performance issues caused delay in Socket AM2
Gary Seven wrote:
Rambus? Is this the **same** Rambus from just a few years ago that was running around sueing the pants off everybody and their grandmother? Why o why in god's name would AMD want to get involved with those vultures? :-( Yup same guys. Why is AMD getting involved with them? Apparently they want to pay them for their IP rights to some technology they invented called "DDR". I don't know, lately I've been seeing AMD ambushing and just forcing people to take money. It started out with Patriot Scientific, then it was Rambus, and most recently it was Innovative Silicon for their ZRAM. It seems to be blessing from the Pope for these companies' stock prices, because they start running up the day after the announcement is made. Yousuf Khan |
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