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To: Paul Engel who wrote (100885)	3/30/2000 12:52:00 AM
From: kapkan4u	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572629

<I sure hope Intel throws a $Billion or two at Server Works and buys them out.> I sure hope Intel buys them too. Then they will start designing junk chipsets just like Intel does. Kap

To: Paul Engel who wrote (100885)	3/30/2000 1:36:00 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572629

I sure hope Intel throws a $Billion or two at Server Works and buys them out. Paul, I like the attitude....its what makes Intel a great company. ted

To: Paul Engel who wrote (100885)	3/30/2000 2:41:00 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572629

Athlon 500 beats Celeron 700 hands down. From Anand's benchmarks, we can extrapolate the poor scalability of the new "Cellarmine." Anand estimated the % decrease in benchmark scores for the new core (Coppermine 128K with 66 MHz FSB) as compared to a full 256K Coppermine with 100 MHz FSB.) The speed disadvantage of the new core is as follows: Content Creation Winstone 2000: -15% Bapco Sysmark 2000: -19% Quake III Arena: -30% Unreal Tournament: -25% Expendable Timedemo: -25% If anything, the speed disadvantage will be larger at 700 MHz than it is at 600 MHz, since the major bottleneck of the 66 MHz FSB becomes even more significant as speed increases. Now, using these "handicaps" we estimate the performance of the 700 MHz CellarMine using Anand's prior benchmarks on the 700 MHz CuMine and compare it to the measured 500 MHz Athlon results: Benchmark: CC2000 BAPCO QuakeIII Unreal Xpendable 600 MHz CeleronII 23.2 108 72 26.3 53.9 700 MHz (est.) 24.6 120 78 28.1 58.1 500 MHz Athlon 24.5 113 85 30.5 70.5 600 MHz Athlon 27.0 127 98 33.7 76.5 In nearly every case, a lowly Athlon 500 beats the not-yet-available 700 MHz Cellarmine. If we assume that Cellarmine scales half as well as CopperMine (more reasonable) then 500 MHz Athlon will beat CellarMine 700 hands down. Petz

To: Paul Engel who wrote (100885)	3/30/2000 10:09:00 AM
From: kash johal	Respond to of 1572629

Paul, re: Intel buyout of serverworks It would make a lot of sense for intel. These guys seem very sharp. regards, Kash