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To: Petz who wrote (64492)	7/9/1999 4:55:00 AM
From: fyo	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1583681

Petz - Re: Wouldn't it be more accurate to say, "There is not much can be done in terms of x86 architecture to outperform K7 until memory latency improvements catch up with CPU speed. You are certainly correct in that memory latency is a major problem today - and will be for the immediate future. Neither DDRSDRAM nor DRDRAM does much to address this issue directly. However, it is relatively simple to move the DRDRAM controller onto the CPU - and this reduces the latency substantially (IMHO, the only reason DRDRAM isn't dead in the water). I hear rumors that certain CPUs in the not too distant future will have this... :)) --fyodor