Re: XP1000 questions

["W Bauske" <wsb paralleldata com>]

Heid Oliver wrote:
> 
> >
> > Another question: A RAM upgrade from 256MB (4 banks of 64MB) to 512MB (8
> > banks of 64MB) should double the memory bandwidth on Tsunami chipsets (256
> > instead of 128 Bytes per bus access). But what happens when I add 4 banks
> > of 128 MB to get 4 banks of 64MB + 4 banks of 128MB (=256+512=768MB)?
> > Still 128 bit access, I guess?!
> >

Wouldn't matter on the XP1000. Once you put 4 DIMM's in, it's as fast
as it will ever get. You're thinking of a DS20 or DP264, which have two
memory paths. XP1000 has only one.

Wes