Jim, To paraphrase you, "Without those superpowers Superman is just lowly reporter - nothing special"
I think you have written the definitive partisan review!
Other then SSE optimized instructions (which I grant you do show real improvement) this is just a marketing play.
I looked for a post from you on the AMD thread to the effect, "Other than cache changes (which I grant you do show real improvement) the K6-III is just a marketing play."
Somehow I am not surprised that I couldn't find it.
The performance IMPROVEMENT just is not there either in floating point or...
Ahem, KNI is floating point acceleration.
I wish he would have put the PIII450 numbers on that chart because if you NORMALIZE the clock rate on the PIII to 450 and compare that to PII running at 450.
You do discredit to the tremendous work of the Intel engineering team that optimized all speed paths on Katmai. These guys did great! The PIII runs faster than PII. This is of as much value as the architectural extensions, if not more so. Intel will take full credit, thank you very much.
Methinks you wish they'd go solve Jerry's 450Mz speed problem. You should write the FTC than superior engineering is unfair - Intel should be forced to fix the K6.
PIII is not much in terms of Bang/$ for the serious user.
Now that you've "sniffed" and scoffed at PIII, you can go now.
For real investors, please note that this is the first, conservative flavor of Katmai. While AMD struggles to yield K6 on .35 micron (by Intel standards), watch Katmai go to 550, 600, 650.. and beyond.
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