FSB - Front Side Bus (in comparison to HyperTransport)
It is strange that the competing processor manufacturers seem to talk a different language,
Intel - FSB & AMD HT
Now if we could all compare apples with apples, pears with pears!
Quotes from WikiP
Many motherboards allow the user to manually set the clock multiplier and FSB settings by changing jumpers or BIOS settings. Many CPU manufacturers now "lock" a preset multiplier setting into the chip.
....manufacturers, such as Hewlett-Packard or Dell, do not allow the user to change the multiplier or Front Side Bus settings due to the probability of erratic behavior or failure.
Intel had very closely guarded who had access to the FSB, only allowing Intel processors in the CPU socket. This is now changing
In comparison to HyperTransport (HT), formerly known as Lightning Data Transport (LDT)
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Links
- WikiP on FSB - - interestingly there are no references (links) or external links on this entry - which raises the suspicion that it is an Intel Shill page.
