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Is there any info thats out about when there going to be released? Theres been little info for the past 4 months in it.
The chipset that makes up the backbone of AMD's Leo platform, codenamed RD890, was supposed to come in Q4 2009 and with him also the Leo platform.
Now it looks like that the platform got a bit delayed and that Leo won't be arriving before early 2010. Leo is all about 45nm processors that will be arriving in 2010 and the ones that have already been announced. It supports AM3 socket, DDR3 memory, HT 3.0 and Crossfire multi GPU technology.
INTREPID INQ SPIES have caught a sneaky glimpse of Gigabyte's and Asus' new 785G mainboards on an Aussie hardware e-tailer's website, which was purportedly selling them. Sadly, the links were quickly disabled, but we did manage to grab some screenshots and the specs before the information disappeared.
A few boards from other firms have also tipped up on Chinese hardware sites, with Jetway's 785G MoBo here and Biostar's here.
Oh, and it appears that NewEgg is selling the boards now, too
Yeah a bit odd imho. Looks like 785G IGP is only clocked at 500Mhz, so it might be faster than the (same clocked) 780G but probably lose against the faster clocked 790G versions (but have more features), which so far don't seem to get an update.I recall reading that the 785G was to be aimed more towards the lower end & had been planning on waiting for something a little more ..... refined (?) before I started building.
I don't like the lack of a parallel port (I have a 600dpi laser printer connected to mine right now)
It doesn't need to be on the backplate. I use the parallel header on my 780G mobo.Well each to his own I guess, personally I'd prefer the space on the backplate to be used for something more up-to-date! USB-to-parallel adapters are available, are they not?
hoom said:Which chipset is it thats got IOMMU? (ie peripheral virtualisation)
It said, "AMD SR5890 + SP5100 chipset", that is the name of the RS890 when you put it on a server board. The board is called the S8212, and it has two sockets. As you can see, there are 16 DIMM slots, 1 16x PCIe, 3 8x PCIe, and a few older slots as well. It has the usual 6 SATA ports, 2 ethernet, and a VGA out that doesn't stink.
This part will not only bring the server world into rezes higher than 1024*768 (YAY!!!!), but also adds some very nifty features like an IOMMU.
On the server mobos only?
On the server mobos only?
The IOMMU extends the concept of protection domains (domains for short) first introduced with the DEV. The
IOMMU allows each I/O device in the system to be assigned to a specific domain and a distinct set of I/O page
tables. When an I/O device attempts to read or write system memory, the IOMMU intercepts the access,
determines the domain to which the device has been assigned, and uses the TLB entries associated with that
domain or the I/O page tables associated with that I/O device to determine whether the access is to be permitted
as well as the actual location in system memory that is to be accessed.
Link to AMD PDF.
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All too complicated for me.