Re: Intel's chipset monopoly

Date	2012-01-18 17:39 -0500
From	Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com>
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Subject	Re: Intel's chipset monopoly
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On 06/01/2012 9:58 AM, Jim wrote:
> "Yousuf Khan" <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:4f03dabc$1@news.bnb-lp.com...
>> AMD is now a monopoly on its own chipsets now too. Nvidia has dropped
>> out of building AMD chipsets a long time ago.
> You can still buy the old NV chipsets and some even work with Bulldozer
> so you still have a choice. Until AMD makes a single chip chipset NV
> will have a place in micro ATX boards.

Well, the standardized Hypertransport protocol is what allows old Nvidia 
chipsets to keep working with new AMD CPUs. The newer Hypertransport 
protocols work in backwards compatibility mode with the old Nvidia 
chipsets, even though Nvidia hasn't updated its chipsets in years. It 
does however mean that the AMD CPU's cannot use the latest features of 
Hypertransport when they are paired with Nvidia chipsets though.

	Yousuf Khan

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  Re: Intel's chipset monopoly DevilsPGD <Still-Just-A-Rat-In-A-Cage@crazyhat.net> - 2012-01-02 01:39 -0800
  Re: Intel's chipset monopoly Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2012-01-03 23:51 -0500
    Re: Intel's chipset monopoly "Jim" <jim@wtf.invalid> - 2012-01-06 09:58 -0500
      Re: Intel's chipset monopoly Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2012-01-18 17:39 -0500

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