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To: fyo who wrote (66906)	7/29/1999 7:18:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1586550

Re: "Well now, that seems to be about the numbers I have seen. Nevertheless, I think we are getting somewhat sidetracked here(or maybe I just want to get sidetracked...). What defines 7th generation technology? Or rather, what can be included in such a definition in the PC world?" The claims made here over the last many months have been for a major leap forward in performance. Claims of "fastest processor in the world" and "a new era in performance" have been tossed about. As it appears, the MIA-thlon will barely squeak out a small lead over Coppermine in FPU and be a tossup in integer. Not the breakthru normally associated with a new generation. As always, your mileage may vary. EP

To: fyo who wrote (66906)	7/29/1999 7:27:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1586550

<The Athlon design does introduce many new things - just as the PPRO did.> In my opinion, this is very debatable. I still hold to my view that the Athlon is what you get when you take the P6 core and throw three times as many transistors at it. (I'm going to be flamed for saying that, but that's my own opinion.) <To go back to the MDR article for a second: It was complete rubbish. I'm sorry, but that is my personal opinion of it.> No need to apologize. I agree that the MDR article is very subjective, much like my own opinions regarding the "generationivity" of Athlon. Take it for what it's worth. In any case, as I said many times over, Athlon doesn't really need to be "true seventh-generation" in order to be successful. Parity with Intel's latest-n-greatest is more than enough to bring AMD back to profitability. All other arguments over its architecture can easily degrade into "p---ing contests" that have no relevancy whatsoever. (And certainly that MDR article didn't help matters any.) Tenchusatsu