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To: Scumbria who wrote (106218)	4/17/2000 2:00:00 AM
From: kapkan4u	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574005

<The ALU runs at the same clock speed as the rest of the chip. It just completes arithmetic operations in one phase and forwards it to the next phase. Willy shouldn't draw significantly more power than Athlon at the same speed in a similar technology.> I think you are wrong. Read the article. ALUs have carry-save adders, producing a result in 0.2ns Kap

To: Scumbria who wrote (106218)	4/17/2000 2:01:00 AM
From: minnow68	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574005

Scumbria, You wrote "Willy will be a good performer, and run at a high clock speed. Let's not kid ourselves." I agree. The only point I've been trying to make is that many analysts appear to believe that there is a 100% chance that Willy will utterly destroy Athlon as soon as it appears. I believe this view is not based on solid evidence that is publicly available. Like you, I believe Willy will scale well and perform well. Let me put it this way. IMHO, Willy is not going to leave Athlon/Mustang in its dust. IMHO, Athlon/Mustang is not going to leave Willy in its dust. IMHO, if the chips are in the same ballpark (+- 10%), this is a home run for AMD, particularly if Mustang has a large die size advantage versus Willy. You also wrote "Sorry to rain on the anti-Willy parade". I've been saying that there is a non-zero chance that Athlon/Mustang will always have a higher clock speed than Willy. Do you disagree with this? Mike