AMD64 X2

[Jia-Shiun Li]

On 7/1/05, Guy Dawson <guy at crossflight.co.uk> wrote:
> David O'Brien wrote:
> > It really should be that simple.  All the external interfaces and pins
> > are the same for Athlon64-939 and Athlon64 X2.  They have the same
> > thermal specifications, etc...
> 
> It's the only way AMD could reasonably do it. To require a different
> motherboard for X1 (?) and X2 chips would have the mobo makers rioting!

That's what Intel did. Requiring a new i945/i955-based board for their
rushed dual-core CPUs. Only use the same socket but varied pin
definition. If you put the new CPU on an i915 board, it will shutdown
automatically to 'protect'. In contrast Athlon64 claimed to be
designed with dual-core capability in mind from the beginning.

Jia-Shiun.