On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Jack Howarth wrote:
I am in the process of building a new Linux workstation using the Tyan Thunder K8W (S2885) motherboard and a single dual core Model 270 Opteron. While I know that this motherboard will support the dual core Opteron, I am confused about the possibility of adding a second Model 270. Although Tyan claims adding a second dual core Model 270 will work, I am concerned about the 2-way description of the 2xx series processors. Does this refer to the 2 physical chips or what?
Yeah, two physical chips. the differentiation between 2xx chips and 8xx chips is the number of unattenuated hyper-transport links that can be used for processor interconnects.
you can put two 2xx chips on a motherboard with two sockets reagardless of whether there are two or four cores involved.
My gut instinct is that this notation implies that only a single dual core is usable on the motherboard and that a 4-way (8xx series) processor would be needed to use both sockets on the motherboard. Thanks in advance for any clarifications. Jack
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