Alpha 21364 EV7 Specs Released

Jon Carroll writes " HP has revealed their Alpha roadmap today at RDF and the schedule goes as previously planned. Alpha 21364 (EV7) is based on 0.18 micron to be shipped by this year end and EV79 based on 0.13 micron SOI will be up next. EV7 will be at 1.2Ghz while EV79 will be at 1.6Ghz. The Alpha 21364 EV7 chip will have 152M transistors, 1.75MB integrated on-die L2 cache, 32GB/s of network bandwidth, integrated RDRAM memory controller with 8 channels up to 12.8GB/s of memory bandwidth. "

Yay

[Lord Squirrel]

Alpha Lives! Yay! I can die happy now.

The last Alpha?

[iankerickson]

And while they're at it, they can change the name to "Omega".

Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of those?

[ethelred]

oh no. I didn't just write that, did i?

RDRAM? Bye-bye!

[Anonymous Coward]

The Slashdot nightmare:

• ALPHA RULEZ! Intel sux0rs!
• RDRAM sux0rs! Evil patents! Evil company! Evil! Information wants to be w4r3z3d!
• ALPHA RDRAM ??

* Sound of Explosion *

Missing feature

[red_dragon]

152M transistors, 1.75MB integrated on-die L2 cache... integrated RDRAM memory controller with 8 channels...

They should go all the way and integrate either one of these into the packaging:

• Heat exchanger for Freon-based cooling system;
• 1,000,000-CFM fan with exhaust duct (might require special municipal permit to get installed);
• Chimney;
• Frying pan.

Suddenly, Athlons seem mighty cool (literally).

Re:Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of those?

[Tuzanor]

Not funny.