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To: Scumbria who wrote (73388)2/11/1999 10:50:00 AM
From: Gerald Walls  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
OK. Let's say that there are some sophisticated compression schemes which can be serviced favorably by a microprocessor. Do you need an $500-800 PIII to service this algorithm, or will it run with adequate performance on a $100 AMD processor?

OK. Let's say that there are some sophisticated types of mathematical calculations involving non-integers that can be serviced favorably by a microprocessor. Do you need a processor with built-in instructions to service these calculations, or will it run with adequate performance on a chip without these instructions?
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