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To: EricRR who wrote (6)	7/5/2000 2:06:12 PM
From: Mani1	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Register reports that AMD will cut the 1 GHz Athlon by 40%!! Message 13995903 I think the higher speed of 1.1 GHz and 1.2 GHz are right around the corner. Mani

To: EricRR who wrote (6)	7/6/2000 8:00:22 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Ratbert, The patent is basically for processors which use two instruction sets, and the examples include something which is VLIW -like. This patent could be related to sledgehammer. Nothing fancy here. Most x86 CPU's have dual instruction sets (X86 and the native RISC-like instructions.) Athlon partially predecodes some instruction bits on their way into the cache, and creates a "longer instruction word". I don't see any reason to think this is a new technology for Sledgehammer. Scumbria