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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Process Boy who wrote (94018)2/18/2000 2:06:00 AM
From: Scumbria  Read Replies (1) of 1572342
 
PB,

How about some discrete xtor numbers.

Inverters use a single transistor delay from input to output.

BTW, an x86 ALU requires about 10 logic levels.
So an ALU running at 3GHz would use.... 300 ps/ 10 = 30 ps delay per logic level.

Is 30 ps about right for Willamette transistors?

Scumbria
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