AMD Multi-Core G3MX DRAM Interface Details Emerge

MojoKid writes "New details have emerged regarding AMD's upcoming G3MX technology. The 'future Opteron Platform' AMD mentioned in their press release seems to be built around a CPU currently codenamed 'Hydra'. Hydra will still feature an on-die memory controller, but unlike current platforms it will be geared for DDR3 memory. The processor will interface to one or more G3MX chips, which in turn provides the interface to the memory slots. G3MX will act as a memory port extender for the memory controller in the CPU socket and a serial link to the RAM.The electrical signaling between the memory controller and G3MX is based on HyperTransport 3.0."

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I gave up

[tacocat]

I used to be a huge fan of the AMD CPU architecture. Clearly a better, faster, more product compared to Intel

But over the years there has been so much splitting and fragmentation of the architectures from both companies and I hardly know what I'm getting anymore. Too many cute names and not enough information about what they are really doing. It would have been a lot better for both companies if they just made three lines of CPU and left it at that

Of course, my choice for the simplified structure would be:

• Notebook class: emphasis on power consumption
• Workstation class: emphasis on a cheap ass POS that is affordable but limited (original Celeron)
• Server class: dims the lights in most major cities trying to get that extra squeeze of performance because it's all about performance

But they've got way too many variants right now for me to have a clue what I'm actually getting.