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To: Spots who wrote (6705)	10/16/1997 12:05:00 AM
From: Douglas Perkins	of 97611

just like to get my two cents in. CPU speeds above 200Mhz are of little value, at present, due to wait cycles caused by RAM memory unable to keep up - RAM speeds are presently limited to 66MHz. A 300MHz Pentium II is only 6% faster than a 200MHz Pentium Pro in progam execution - as measured by ZiffDavis Labs - hence Intel's big push for Rambus and a 100MHz+ motherboard/RAM. MMX is still too new for the majority of software packages, although the latest AutoCad does take advantage of it. Real use of MMX will have to wait the average of two years delay for any new technology (compliers must be developed and new versions of software shipped). The first generation of compilers never come near the theoretical possible speed advantages. please see the following news article for the speed limit factor: biz.yahoo.com and biz.yahoo.com and biz.yahoo.com MMX 2 will be the main advantage to MMX. MMX 1 is only the 8 bit data instructions and will be surpassed by the second generation of MMX MMX 1 will come into its own with the Advanced Graphics Port, dual pentium workstation for desktop publishing - the Apple killer Doug

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