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To: Mani1 who wrote (87078)1/14/2000 1:06:00 AM
From: Charles R  Respond to of 1573377
 
<What stands out the most is PC Home's assertion that Mustang, the successor to Thunderbird, will actually use the Sledgehammer/K8 (X86-64) core! >

Man, if true, that is HUGE. Let me see if I can get a confirm on that one!

P.S.: By the way that could also explain why AMD folks are telling me Mustang will better Wilamette (as I posted a few weeks back).



To: Mani1 who wrote (87078)1/14/2000 2:43:00 AM
From: Petz  Respond to of 1573377
 
Mani, on "Mustang, the successor to Thunderbird, will actually use the Sledgehammer/K8 (X86-64) core!"
(see aceshardware.com for Jan 13, 2000)

Maybe what they meant to say is that the Mustang will support the instruction set of the Sledgehammer (K8). Of course, it would need wider registers and some other hardware support to do that, but may not necessarily be the same core as the Sledgehammer.

Petz


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