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AMD 8000 Chipset Planned For The Hammer
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Posted by: TotalRecall
AMD has released some information on the interconnectivity of their upcoming 64 bit processor, codenamed the Hammer. The linking of components relies heavily upon AMD's HyperTransport technology and a compiled summary can be found here. This includes I/O, PCI, and AGP management. AMD also has a press release on the 8000 series:
“We believe the AMD-8000 series of chipsets will represent a major breakthrough in system chipset design, and will fundamentally alter the way computers are made in the future,” said Ed Ellett, vice president of Marketing for AMD's Computation Products Group. “To meet the high-bandwidth demands of current and future graphics and other I/O devices, computer architecture will need to evolve from the existing platform infrastructure. These chipsets are designed to be compatible with today’s hardware components, and allow for a seamless transition to tomorrow’s far more advanced, higher performance platforms.”
When introduced, the AMD-8000 series of chipsets will include the AMD-8111™ HyperTransport I/O hub, the AMD-8131™ HyperTransport PCI-X tunnel, and the AMD-8151™ HyperTransport AGP3.0 graphics tunnel. These chipsets for the “Hammer” processors are planned to be available in the fourth quarter of 2002, and are designed to provide the basis for AMD processor-based systems to serve the PC, workstation, and server markets.
AMD has really impressed me on the 64 bit front and really seem to have their act together. Intel should be taking this very seriously.
Source: Ace's Hardware
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