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To: Mani1 who started this subject	5/5/2002 11:15:12 AM
From: DRBES	Read Replies (2) of 275872

<font color=red>SOME THOUGHTS ON inteL MULTI-THREADING EFFORTS (smells like desperation to me.) If AMD wanted to exploit this technology it already has, in house, far more capable expertise (renegades and escapes from inteL's run at DEC debacle) than inteL is likely "home grow" any time in the reasonable foreseeable future. Remember that less than ten years ago DEC (I believe that the year was approx. 1995) had a well developed multi-threading effort under its ALPHA program (not to mention SUN which also had a similar program) employing specially developed hardware and specialized software far more elegant than the apparent "Rube Goldberg" effort currently on the way at inteL. Further such a program is so much at odds with the types of ultra-complex "multi-programming" approaches espoused by its "itaniC i, iI, and etC. series as to put into question whether there is any coherence of thinking at the helm (if there is one there at inteL.) This does not even address some relevant licensing issues raised by Microsoft itself. Even if inteL is able to get its "multi-threading" issues straightened out and working...a real "IF", given the complexities introduced; best case estimates give inteL only transient 20-30% advantages in cases where it can be made to work. The kinds of issues raised comprise: How do you intelligently share a single FPU that two or more applications are waiting for. It would appear to be no wonder that AMD, possibly with far more experience, in house, in this arena, has opted to go in the direction of multiple processors on a single chip; if I understand correctly. inteL (as well as posters from its SI threads) seems to be waxing increasingly irrational and frantic (frequently but not always a very good omen for AMD.) Regards, DARBES

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