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To: Petz who wrote (6228)5/19/1998 2:20:00 PM
From: Petz  Read Replies (1) of 6843
 
<slightly off topic>IDT Winchip design philosophy vs. AMD, Intel
winchip.com

Even though the IDT WinChipT C6T processor is
externally compatible with the Pentium processor with
MMXT Technology. The internal architecture and design of
the IDT WinChip C6 is very different from that of the Pentium
processor and other contemporary x86 processors such as the
AMD-K6 and Cyrix 6x86MX.

The IDT WinChip C6 processor uses a unique design approach
that provides significant benefits to the end-user. This design
approach provides high performance at lower cost and lower
power consumption using a relatively simple architecture that
runs at high internal clock frequencies (MHz). The IDT
WinChip C6 includes large on-chip caches and is extensively
optimized for volume desktop and notebook PC product
categories. The resulting IDT WinChip C6 processor is smaller
(die size is only 88 mm2 in 0.35micron technology) and uses
lower power than other 2.8 and 3.3v Socket 7 processors with
MMX Technology.

Philosophically, this is a return to the same basic concepts of
RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing) design that allowed
microprocessor performance breakthroughs in the 1980's.
Recently, however, contemporary x86 processors have
followed a different path, using very complex internal designs
employing advanced architecture concepts such as superscalar
execution, out-of-order instruction execution, reorder buffers,
non-blocking caches, and so forth (these terms are all found in
the data sheets of competitive products.

Unfortunately, while these advanced technical concepts make
for good technical reading, the real bottom-line benefit that
they provide to the end-user has been limited, especially when
considering the resultant large chip sizes (resulting in high
costs) and high power consumption. No such advanced
technical hocus-pocus is to be found on an IDT WinChip C6
processor -- it merely offers compatibility with good
performance, very low costs, and very low power
consumption.

Petz
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