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To: Dave who wrote (23745)	9/30/1997 11:55:00 PM
From: Time Traveler	of 1582896

Dave, Cache is a very integral part of a CPU. Taking the cache away, this CPU would perform not much better than x286. Therefore, comparing two CPUs with their cache disabled is meaningless. K6 has 64K cache, and P5/MMX has 32K cache. There are programs that run better under K6, and programs that run better under P5/MMX. Although the performance between the two great CPU are not much except in the FPU arena, there are still following abstract differences that I can think of in this very late of night: - P5/MMXs are 3-4 times cheaper to produce. A chip war started by AMD would spell its own doom. - K6s are priced at 25% cheaper. AMD's profit margin becomes razor thin or going in red. - K6s have yield problem. Big tier box makers would feel uneasy to purchase this CPU. - P5/MMX has 7-9 times market share over K6. - P5/MMX (and P-II) has very memorial advertisement. These MMX bunnies with flashy rainbow suits and music really sink into the minds of our younger generation, although some of our generation think these ads are quite silly. Please feel free to add to my list. Thank you. John.

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