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To: Dan3 who wrote (91625)	2/4/2000 9:52:00 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576751

Dan, Shrink to .18: Athlon with 128K L1 is 102mm2 Estimate K6-2+ or K6-3+ at 70mm2 Is that K6 with 128 or 256K of L2? (L2) Cacheless Athlon may be a little slower than K6-3 with 256K L2 in integer, but a lot faster in FP operation at the same clock speed. But that's irrelevant. Mhz sells (TM Jim McMannis), and Athlon can reach higher MHz. In addition, the sooner AMD goes all Athlon, the better. If Via based Cyrix chips ever materialize, the will most likely outperform K6 in FP, and overall as well. Remember, Via chips will use established P6 chipsets compared to less than stellar Socket 7 chipsets. I can see most hardware web sites recommending Celeron or Cyrix over K6 for budget PCs. Joe