RE: Mixing CPU's

["Latchezar Dimitrov" <ldimitro@wfubmc.edu>]

Well, it's true it's theoretical until you try it, however there has
been a discussion recently I believe Len Sorensen gave a good
description. Also AMD is your friend - go and check it out. You'll see
why the cpu are called dual-CORE not dual-cpu

Latchezar 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan Dragun [mailto:ndragun@dragunenterprises.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 8:47 PM
> To: Latchezar Dimitrov; debian-amd64@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Mixing CPU's
> 
> Latchezar Dimitrov wrote:
> 
> >All that being true however from the arch of duals one 
> should be able 
> >to put together dual-core 2-way and a "regular", i.e., 
> single-core cpu 
> >on a 2-way opteron mobo.
> >
> >Latchezar
> >  
> >
> I guess thats what I'm the most curious about; mixing these 
> dual and single core processors.  Do the required Hyper 
> Transport pipelines match up when you use a dual with a single?
> 
> If so... how do you match the duals with the comparable 
> single cores since it seems they use a different naming 
> scheme (ex: single 244 = = dual 265).  It all seems 
> 'theoretically' plausable, I'm just wondering if anyone has 
> actually tried yet.
> 
> Nathan
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