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To: Elmer who wrote (92722)	2/12/2000 12:48:00 AM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573682

Elmer, I think we have these facts in evidence: 1) The chip demonstrated was a new core--just like (e.g.) the Coppermine was a new core vs. its predecessor, the Katmai. 2) The chip demonstrated was a Thunderbird. That means more than 128k L2 and other improvements vs. the current Athlon K75. 3) IMHO, more than 128k L2 is "large." zdnet.com I'm still not sure why you think my original statement misrepresented anything. I find it extremely ironic that you, the raining king of processor performance misrepresentation (especially around this compiler issue) are going to such lengths to criticize. It seems you have decided to adopt the Engel methodology of prosecuting a losing argument: "If you can't dazzle them with dexterity, baffle them with bullsh*t." It will be interesting to see what Intel demonstrates next week. I will be quite impressed if Intel demonstrates an air cooled Willamette at over 1 GHz. However, I doubt that such a processor would be built using an untweaked in-production Intel process. Kevin