What is Hyper Transport ?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by nitromeg, Jan 15, 2005.

  1. nitromeg

    nitromeg Private E-2

    Looking at the amds and trying to compare fsb to hyper ..
    Q Are all the 64 rated at the same speed on the transport ?

    Intel calls it hyper threading ? but don't they list the speed .

    I wish athlon would give a # = to fsb

    Trying to get a idea of comparison to intel .. And differnt amd s
    Thanks Ron
     
  2. goldfish

    goldfish Lt. Sushi.DC

    Hyper threading is not the same as hyper transport

    "What is Hypertransport?"
    http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_861_1030,00.html

    Hyper threading doesn't reallly affect performance much, it is mainly just a feature for supported applications.

    Comparing Intel's and AMD's is pretty tricky right now. A64's are 64-bit processors. When (or even IF) Windows 64-bit comes out, they will be able to run it. However while we're still on windows XP/MCE, we're stuck with 32-bit. However, the new 64-bit architechture means it can run 32-bit programs (like windows) a lot faster than its 32-bit counterparts.

    Here is an article comparing two processors, one AMD and one Intel. http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20040106/index.html

    Clock speed, in reality, doesn't mean all that much. That is why AMD had the strange marketing model numbers (xx00+ numbers, like 2000+, 2500+, 3000+...). The idea was that you would see the number, and relate it to a clock speed of their biggested rival, intel. For example, the idea was a Athlon XP 2000+ was equivilant to a 2.0GHz Intel, even though it clocks at 1.6GHz. They still use the same naming convention, but it means even less now.
     
  3. nitromeg

    nitromeg Private E-2

    Thanks for sheading some light on it !
    Ron
     

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