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To: Scot who wrote (82593)	12/10/1999 10:07:00 AM
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Additional articles: Ace's on Mustang and other: aceshardware.com AMD will introduce a revised and enhanced K7-core, the Mustang. The mustang will exist in two forms: a high-end version (Socket A/Slot A) and a budget version (Socket A only). AMD has made public that the Mustang for Servers will have up to 2MB on-die L2 cache, but our sources at Dresden told us that it is unlikely that we will see dies with more than 1 MB on it. Most likely a version with 512 KB L2-cache will be targeted at the high-end market and a 256 KB version will be targeted at the desktop market. It might seem strange that AMD will be capable of producing dies with 512 KB, like the server-oriented Thunderbird and the Mustang and even cores with 1 MB on die L2-cache like the server-oriented Mustang while they have run into so many problems with the K6-III (256 KB L2-cache). An article with an Intel PR guy at Voodooextreme (warning, some slight off-color humor in article). voodooextreme.com VE: How will Itanium compare with AMD's K8? Are there any similarities that come to mind? GA: Well, as you heard, we are already shipping Itanium processor based development systems to high end developers. OEMs have had parts for months. You might want to consider comparing processors that are available in the same time frame. As far as the Itanium processor, we feel that to truly take full advantage of 64 bit address ability and reliability, you need to start from the ground up. Putting "extensions" on IA-32 to get to 64 bits in the big iron world is like putting new tires on a Pinto, you still own a Pinto. Can you believe this chump? I guess he's never heard of the turbo pinto: geocities.com -Scot

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