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To: Carl R. who wrote (25237)7/19/1999 10:39:00 PM
From: Dr. Id  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 93625
 
How much more will users be willing to pay for a product that produces no noticeable benefit,
especially in an era of super low-cost computers?

Carl

How many people buy cars that can go much faster than the speed limit, though a car going 65 is fast enough to get you anywhere. People like speed. They like to say that they have the fastest computer.



To: Carl R. who wrote (25237)7/19/1999 10:43:00 PM
From: Scumbria  Respond to of 93625
 
Carl,

For other applications, where an 80% L1 cache hit rate, and a 90%+ L2 cache hit rate is the norm

L1 hit rates tend to be much higher than 80%. 95-98% is more typical for most desktop applications.

Scumbria



To: Carl R. who wrote (25237)7/19/1999 10:45:00 PM
From: RetiredNow  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 93625
 
Anybody who says we don't need more speed on computers (whatever the bottleneck is currently) because apps don't use the speed right now, is extremely short-sighted. I highly suggest you short Intel and Rambus for the long term if you really believe that apps will not eventually use up all the speed that these two companies deliver over the next few years. Go ahead. I dare you.


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