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CeBIT: Athlon XP in Future "Locked" | |
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| Time: 18:53 EST/23:53 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Guillaume Hébert | ||
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In future AMD would switch off the dual-processor capability of its Athlon XP CPUs, Athlon Brand Manager Mark de Frere said in an exclusive interview with tecCHANNEL. One wanted better protection for customers of multi-processor systems and therefore make sure that really only Athlon MP processors provided for it would be used, Mark de Frere stated. He did not want to give an exact date for the lock but said it was sure it would happen this very year. AMD totally remained silent about the realization. According to industry sources the switching off of the SMP capability shall result from configuration bridges that are torn through with a laser at packaging. This solution AMD already uses as CPU overclocking lock for fixing the core clock multiplier. Should the SMP protection be realized likewise then it could be avoided the same way as the multiplier lock. Instructions for that are circulating in the Web for month now. | ||
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| #1 By 2960 (156.80.64.134) at 3/19/2002 10:23:18 AM |
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I fear that a little success has started to bring complacency and arrogance into AMD, and eventually they will be on par with Intel in this regard.
We get them there, then the do this crap. The latest thing? The removal of the 4 mounting holes in AMD based motherboard specs for mouting sophisticated coolers. IMHO, they should scrap the horrible clip-mounting system instead, and make the 4 hole mounting mandatory! TL |
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