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To: Dan3 who wrote (4037)	8/8/2000 8:16:31 PM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Dan, I wonder if Intel uses this "critical word not sent first" deficiency to influence benchmark tests negatively for AMD. Petz

To: Dan3 who wrote (4037)	8/8/2000 10:19:43 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 275872

Dan, Well, you may have hit upon one of the "easy" performance increases that could come as soon as next quarter from Mustang. I thought about that, but for this to work, there has to be some interaction with the chipset (oh no, yet another redesign for Via). But it could done in a way that there would be some backward compatibility so that Mustang could still work with the older chipsets (if AMD in fact decides to address this issue). Joe

To: Dan3 who wrote (4037)	8/9/2000 12:42:49 AM
From: dale_laroy	Respond to of 275872

Hi Dan, The critical word first issue is not inherently a processor issue. Neither Slot-A nor Socket-A support critical word first bursting of data. Socket-A would have to be modified, along with Mustang, to support critical word first bursting of data. Of course, AMD claimed that Mustang would not be compatible with early Socket-A mobos, so perhaps this incompatibility has to do with support of critical word first bursts. More likely, it has to do with Mustang having a 133(266) MHz FSB and early chipsets only supporting the 100(200) MHz FSB.