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Technology Stocks : IDTI - an IC Play on Growth Markets
IDTI 48.990.0%Mar 29 5:00 PM EST
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To: BigBull who wrote (7599)3/29/1998 6:41:00 PM
From: Sowbug  Read Replies (1) of 11555
 
Thread,

I tune in and out of IDTI, so I apologize if this has been covered:

A big difference between the 486 and the Pentium was the floating-point unit. I believe id Software's Quake wouldn't have been possible without the speedy FPU, and Quake was, to an extent, a killer app (i.e., a program that itself justified the purchase of a particular machine).

Assuming this is true, then a fast FPU is an essential component of a full-featured consumer PC.

I understand that the WinChip, like the AMD K6, has a relatively rotten FPU.

Would one of you be so kind as to enlighten me as to the correctness of my understanding, and to tell me what the future holds for IDT's FPUs?
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