[rescue] another sandia/los Alamos auction

Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez lefa at ucsc.edu
Fri Feb 13 20:13:56 CST 2004


On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Joshua Boyd wrote:

> On a side note, it is possible that one could affordably upgrade a R12kA
> 360 or 400 to a R14k chip by sending it to an BGA rework house.  One
> would have to actually get their hands on the proper data sheets though,
> and as NEC is contracted to sell those chips (R12000As and better) to
> only HP and SGI, the data sheets are hard to get.
>
> Although I seem to recall Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez making a
> comment about having a copy...

You wants R14K info? Let me dig, I think I have a tech report, but for
chip specs you need to get the NEC or IDT or Toshibas' actual product data
sheet which I may have access to. The tech report only describes the micro
architecture, not the electrical characteristics of the chip.



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