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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (92569)	11/16/1999 1:41:00 PM
From: Haim Barad	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Message #92570 from Jim McMannis at Nov 15 1999 11:52PM 2. Now, let's say the Coppermine matches the Athlon on Integer...but the Athlons (raw) FPU is still the stronger of the two even if SSE pulls out a few 3D benchmarks. Jim - So then answer this... why does AMD use 3DNOW on their 3D benchmarks? Are they worried? Why don't they just use scaler code for the Athlon and not resort to this foolish SIMD stuff that Intel so desparately needs. Fact - 3DWinbench and 3DMark both MAKE USE OF SIMD EXTENSIONS - for both companies if the chip supports either SIMD extension. If Intel wins some 3D benchmarks, that means that their effective FP capability is better than AMD's. If the can be computed in SIMD fashion (as in the case of 3D graphics), then that contributes to the overall FP capability of the chip. Scalar FP is not the only FP on each of the chips. Haim