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It's Hammer Time!
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Posted by: TotalRecall
AnandTech has posted an in-depth article on AMD's new 64 bit processor codenamed the "Hammer". The article explains the Hamer's new pipeline additions and how it handles the additional work load along with an examination of new on-chip memory controllers that improve performance:
And again, an integrated memory controller removes one of the major roles of the external North Bridge. AMD took this one step further and actually integrated a North Bridge on the CPU die as well. The only thing that remains of the conventional external North Bridge is an AGP controller. This should pretty much eliminate any major performance issues stemming from the chipsets that the Hammer is paired with; it will also make motherboard manufacturers happier since routing traces to/from the CPU and memory will be vastly simplified.
The Hammer also has a very interesting and promising way of handling multiple processors. Check the full article out here.
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