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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Kenith Lee who wrote (76942)10/25/1999 8:15:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (4) of 1572643
 
Ken, <how much performance can the K7 get from Kyrotech (turn a 700 K7 to ???)?>

Don't take this as anti-AMD FUD, but I just don't see why buying Kryotech's super-cooled machine makes any sense. First, turning on such a system will add at least a full minute to the power-on sequence as the processor is cooled down to operating temperature. Of course, this isn't such a big deal if the system is going to stay power-on 24/7.

But more importantly, Kryotech's setup will buy you perhaps a 25% improvement in clock speeds, roughly. But thanks to Moore's Law, non-supercooled processors will increase in clock speeds by that same amount in about five or six months. After that, people will be able to buy regular processors that run faster than the obsolete Kryotech system, which will still need to rely on its bulky and clumsy cooling unit.

So Kryotech's solution is great if you absolutely, positively cannot wait for the performance. But I'd imagine most people will have the patience to forego the 25% performance improvement and just wait until non-supercooled processors get to that point.

If you still don't understand, just think of the poor people out there who bought a Kryotech K6-3 early this year running at the astounding speed of 500 MHz! How do you think they feel about their glorified beer cooler now?

Tenchusatsu
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