Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Nov 2001 23:55:44 +0100 | From | Stefan Smietanowski <> | Subject | Re: Intel I860 |
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Hi.
> Uh, what exactly do you think you have here? The I860 was a > completely new architecture that Intel dropped over 5 years > ago. I've got one running Unix SVR4 in my basement but you > can't buy an I860 motherboard today. > > (For the record the 860 was a great architecture for the time > and I'm still bitter that Intel dropped it but that's a different > story.) > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 03:43:37PM +0100, Achim Krümmel wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>I have to setup a fast Linux Server for a database application. >>I would like to use a Mainboard for 2 Pentium4 CPUs for this. >>I found such a board with a Intel I860 chip. Is this chip >>supported by the current Kernel v2.4.14 or will I get problems >>with this board and Linux?
Intel 860 is the chipset used by the Xeon line of CPUs from Intel. Xeon aka Pentium 4 Xeon, the high end, MP version of the Pentium4 CPU.
No, nobody starts with me about differences and the definition of high end. :)
// Stefan
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