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To: hmaly who wrote (90322)	1/28/2000 9:03:00 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (2) of 1571405

hmaly, <I believe Kap is talking about how different companies rate their processors ...> No. He apparently knows what he is talking about, but Pboy and many others do not :) For hint see: Message 12716652 After all, why it should be a surprise? For example, the Cumine on-chip L2 cache is running physically at 1/2 core speed. Of course, Intel markedroids prefer not to overemphasize this fact. Therefore, the question about the Willy speed is a bit hazy. It is apparent that Intel marketing will push only the highest number. And Elmers/PBs will find reasons to stick with this number and claim a victory. P.S. For some time I had this funny idea to feed a chip at, say, 5GHz, then divide the frequency to whatever it is convenient for circuitry but tell nobody, and marketing can officially claim a 5-GHz processor! After all, the frequency derivatives may be useful for some fine timing tune-ups... So, a creative "20GHz CPU" may be not far away :) Maybe this is the method how Willy is doing to win in the frequency race?

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