Don't worry about the K7, it will remain on the top of the processor heap for a while. I have much more faith in the longetivity of AMD's products compared to that of Intel's. Merced is being rushed to market in order to compete with AMD's Athlon (K7), but while Intel tries to play catch up, they're being surpassed by the K8. Both companies are familiar with this game, but it's AMD's turn to be on top.
It does have an IDE controller built in--and video, etc. The plugnrun is not a standalone device. The signals come in through the carrier card that you attach the plugnrun to. There's more info on Cell Computing's website.
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So, you're saying that their offspring would be David Caruso?
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Don't worry about the K7, it will remain on the top of the processor heap for a while. I have much more faith in the longetivity of AMD's products compared to that of Intel's. Merced is being rushed to market in order to compete with AMD's Athlon (K7), but while Intel tries to play catch up, they're being surpassed by the K8. Both companies are familiar with this game, but it's AMD's turn to be on top.
It uses SDRAM SODIMMs, similar to what you'd find in a high end notebook.
It does have an IDE controller built in--and video, etc. The plugnrun is not a standalone device. The signals come in through the carrier card that you attach the plugnrun to. There's more info on Cell Computing's website.