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To: DRBES who wrote (96850)	3/4/2000 11:12:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576823

DARBES, From the article you linked to: One gigahertz means a chip could process 1 billion bits of information per second. A more correct interpretation would be from Carl Sagan: "billions and billions of microscopic bits of information, hurtling themselves through the microcosm of the microchip." Scumbria

To: DRBES who wrote (96850)	3/5/2000 12:23:00 AM
From: GlobalMarine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576823

Launching the 1 Gig Athlon Monday is extraordinary news indeed. They weren't kidding when they said ramping up the speed was a matter of marketing, not technical issues.