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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (39187)	10/13/1998 3:09:00 PM
From: Maxwell	Read Replies (1) of 1573688

Tenchusatsu: <<The K7 could also start with a full-speed L2 cache, but then the cost would knock K7 out of the mainstream and into the more expensive (but higher-margin) server/workstation market.>> You are correct. It would be a mistake to incorporate a full-speed L2 cache. In my opinion the large L1 would compensate for the performance loss due to half speed L2. The integer and fpu are very powerful and what make it attractive for server/worksation market. If it is cheap to make (unlike Xeon which uses very expensive L2 SRAM) AMD can afford to charge at lower price. Maxwell

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