whats FCPGA2?

[eAzyMoney]

(i guess you have to write something here. i thought the subject was clear enough.)

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[KilrB]

Well FCPGA is Flip Chip Pin Grid Array I have no idea what the 2 is for, i;ve never seen that before? Might be a typo.

[eAzyMoney]

i saw it at www.abit-usa.com

the 2nd press release says they have the first fc-pga2 mobo.

so does the third release, on a different board. go figure.

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[eAzyMoney]

ooh ooh

this helps,

ftp://download.intel.com/design/pcn/processors/d0001051.pdf

where are they going w/ this?
will the pIII live on?

check this out:--------------------------------------
· The 1 GHz line item will contain both the FC-PGA2 package with an Integrated Heat Spreader (IHS), as well as the
current FC-PGA package.
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[ElfHoe]

my guess is that the fcpga2 is the pIII .13 micron. i guess they are not compateble with current 370 socket boards

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[eAzyMoney]

http://www.ugeek.com/procspec/intel/...m3tualatin.htm

Intel - Pentium III (Tualatin) - 32-bit - consumer

According to Intel's most recent chip roadmap, they will still be producing Pentium III chips when they move to a .13 micron production process, from the older .18 micron process - sometime in 2001. The new core is code-named Tualatin, and will have 512K of L2 cache. It will also introduce the FC-PGA2 form factor that is 3.5mm high and contains a built-in heat spreader so that the chip cannot be damaged, unlike the 1.9mm FC-PGA standard.


someone help me make sence of this.
i dont think i like the new p4 but if pIII is going to continue, hehe

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