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To: Nathan L. who wrote (5328)11/17/1996 5:10:00 AM
From: Robert G. Bianchi   of 186894
 
Nathan, Just because the K6 uses the Pentium Pin-out doesn't mean its competition is the Pentium. The AMD K6 with its large transistor count, compares quite favorably to Intel's Pentium Pro in performance, transistor count and most importantly die size (a true reflection of cost). The Pentium Pro has two die, the CPU with 5.5 million transistors and aproximately 300 sq.mm die, and the L2 cache with 15.5 million transistors (242 sq.mm).
Insidently, the Pentium Processor with MMX at 0.35 micron process will have 4.5 million transistors and a die size of 141 sq.mm. The AMD K6 will have 8 million transistors and a die size of 151 sq.mm.

Who has the most efficient architecture. AMD was able to do in one chip, what Intel took two chips and many more transistors.

Bob
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