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To: Buckwheat who wrote (27467)	12/31/1997 11:41:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) of 1579523

Buckwheat, The advantages of Slot1/Socket8 go far beyond cost. For starters there is the GTL+ buffers. They are of a low voltage swing, terminated type and result in a much cleaner signal than the socket7 equivilants. They will scale to higher frequencies MUCH easier than socket7. In addition, the P6 bus archeticture differs from the x86 bus in that it is no longer based on bus cycles, but rather transactions. Split transactions allow for multiple transactions to be in various stages of execution and may complete out of the order they were issued. This is such a tremendous advantage in multi processor systems that you don't now see, nor will you ever again see, socket7 based multiprocessor servers. AMD isn't stupid enough to even pretend to compete in this arena. They know socket7 is effetively limited to single socket home systems. Is Slot1 an advantage for the home user? That is the challenge Intel faces. They need to prove there is an advantage and so far, the market is not yet convinced. I think Intel will continue to widen the performance gape. Today they are 2 speed grades ahead of AMD. I think they will be 3 or more ahead next year. EP

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