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To: Scumbria who wrote (92914)2/13/2000 8:28:00 PM
From: Elmer  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575181
 
Re: "My experience in the processor business has been that the only thing which real matters is clock speed. Most buyers are unaware of any other distinguishing features of microprocessors."

That hardly explains the unsold Athlons AMD had left over in Q4. Clearly MHz alone didn't sell.

EP



To: Scumbria who wrote (92914)2/13/2000 8:40:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis  Respond to of 1575181
 
RE:"My experience in the processor business has been that the only thing which real matters is clock speed. Most buyers are unaware of any other distinguishing features of microprocessors."

And you know what that means? <G>

Cache on die/off die means nada...if anything on die hurts. Most people see a Celeron w/128 L2 Cache vs say a K6-2 with 512 or 1 Meg.
The K6-2 appears like you get a lot more.
Jim


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