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To: Dan3 who wrote (82698)	12/12/1999 12:50:00 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571577

New Benchmark Set: hardware.jatekok.hu Credit to michaelmedia on Raging Bull for tracking this one down.

To: Dan3 who wrote (82698)	12/13/1999 12:10:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571577

ALibiDan - Re: "Merced - Moving to 64 bits allows for very large virtual memory sizes and more data to be moved in a single clock by a single instruction. Very large virtual memory sizes are needed primarily by terabyte sized databases - even 5 years from now, this will matter to fewer than 1% of systems. .....SLUDGEHUMMER - 64 bits should handle any address requirements for a long time, and if instructions are provided to synchronize the cores to allow for 128 moves, loads, etc. " What a PILE OF SH*T CONCLUSION !!!! Merced has 64 bits - but it isn't necessary ! SUDGEHUMMER has 64 bits = it will handle EVERYTHING REQUIRED ! So - only AMD 64 bit CPUs have value !! What a CROCK you are !!! Paul

To: Dan3 who wrote (82698)	12/13/1999 12:12:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571577

ALibiDan - Re: "My understanding from early published reports is that Itanium is pretty large and uses a lot of power - it may be several more years before it will be practical to put multiple Itanium cores on a single die. " Who cares ? Intel is SHIPPING 4-WAY ITanium systems TODAY - actually, last week ! So the SLUDGEHummer will have 2 CPUs per die - Whoopee ! Now, why don't you publish the list of software companies committed to developing Operating Systems and applications for the Sludgy ? Paul