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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 231.83+1.7%Jan 16 9:30 AM EST
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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (57533)10/6/2001 10:02:02 PM
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"my only point in this, which I think has been lost, is to dispel the silly rumor that Athlon XP has model numbers based on how much faster it is than the Athlon (sans XP)."

Based on a document on AMD's website, it is quite conceivable that AMD is using SPECint and clock-normalizing it. The Athlon XPs have about the right percentage better score than normal Athlons on this particular benchmark. Not saying this is a real valid way to do it, but...
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