RE: [Xen-users] Pacifica/VT

["Petersson, Mats" <mats.petersson@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mogens Valentin [mailto:mogensv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 25 October 2005 22:02
> To: Petersson, Mats
> Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Pacifica/VT
> 
> Petersson, Mats wrote:
> >>Intel are certainly planning to support 32-bit VTX on a 
> 64-bit host - 
> >>somebody from AMD would have to comment on their plans for this (if 
> >>they can at this stage).
> >>
> >>This would be great, although i'd personally hope that AMD will 
> >>support that too, as AMD's are more powerfull (imo)
> > 
> > 
> > It's certainly our plan to support 64-bit Xen running 32-bit OS's.
> 
> It's hard finding info on approx when Pacifica enabled cpu 
> will be available. I've heard maybe around may/june '06.

I could make you happy, and myself unhappy (i.e. looking for a different
job) by telling you something, _IF_ I knew. I don't know, so there's no
risk that I would leak something ... ;-)

> 
> It's even more difficult finding out whether AMD will support 
> S939 with these upcoming cpu's, or it will be M2.
> Likewise WRT which type of memory, DDR/DDR2...

I don't know the answer to this either. 

Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, the answers to the above
questions are kept secret, and although I work for AMD, I'm not privvy
to the information you ask for. Even if I was, I wouldn't be allowed to
tell you [or anyone else that didn't have the NDA]. I know you think
we're just doing this to either frustrate people or to make people buy
the current hardware even tho' the next generation is going to be
different. That's not quite the objective here, but we don't really want
everyone [especially SOME people in the competing company ;-)] to know
what we're up to when it comes to next generation hardware. 

> 
> Is it possible to have even vague comments on this?
> Has a lot to say on nearterm hardware buys.

Sorry that I can't help. I'd love to, and I think you understand that...


--
mats
> 
> --
> Kind regards,
> Mogens Valentin
> 
> 
> PCIe virtualisation: Imagine cat herding with a firehose
> and firecrackers.  That is notably easier than getting all
> the peripheral makers to play along.
>    -- fun on theinquirer.net
> 
> 
> 


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