
Originally Posted by
uOpt
I don't think that the lack of a coherent HTT has anything to do with the decision (if there was one) to drop 2+2 on AM2/unbuffered.
Really, the three hyperlinks are on the AMD64 die and they get coded to be coherent or not (I/O) based on what market the processor is selected for.
It is highly unlikely that random yield problems are the limit for the number of coherent hyperlinks on a given CPU.
Or in other words: if AMD wants to give AM2 CPUs a coherent hyperlink there is is nothing keeping them from doing so.
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