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To: Dan3 who wrote (72058)	9/16/1999 10:20:00 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572612

Just to put it all in perspective, we're still talking microcomputers here... Dan s390.ibm.com Tale of the Tape - Copper chip MCM vs Aluminium chip MCM Copper chip MCM Aluminium chip MCM Processor Speed 637 MHz 500 MHz Number of processors on MCM 12+2 10+2 Number of chips on MCM 31 29 Number of transistors on MCM more than 1.4 billion 1 billion Number of transistors on L2 Cache chip 121 million 60 million Level 2 (L2) Cache chip size 16.5 mm 17.3mm L2 Cache Memory 16 MB 8 MB NOTE: The L2 cache chip is twice the density (transistor count and array size) yet occupies 10 percent less area than its G5 counterpart. IBM copper interconnect chip technology makes this possible.