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To: TechieGuy-alt who wrote (4843)	8/13/2000 2:05:35 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Re: from the 486 to the Pentium, from the Pentium to the Pentium II, from the Pentium II to the Pentium III), did Intel, during any of these transitions, after having released the NEXT generation processor to the market, go back and did these bus speed doubling, cache increasing, etc. enhancements to the previous generation processors? Interesting question. A great source for cache size is: users.erols.com users.erols.com and for FSB is: users.erols.com From a brief review, it appears that they didn't increase L1 or bus speed. Regards, Dan

To: TechieGuy-alt who wrote (4843)	8/13/2000 7:27:37 PM
From: crazyoldman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

TechieGuy-Alt, Re: BTW, did Intel make any such "bus speed doubling, new chipsets, extra cache" enhancements to the Pentium X-1 when the Pentium X came out? (Applicable all the way back to even the 486 to Pentium transition, what the heck, even before that, 386 to 486)? I think this is the most significant question I've ever read on either of the SI-AMD threads. Thanks for having the presence of mind for conceiving this question. The answer supplied by Dan3 and my own memory is quit revealing and tells a lot about the future of AMD for the next few years. Thanks again, the implications are enormous! Kindest regards, CrazyMan

To: TechieGuy-alt who wrote (4843)	8/13/2000 10:25:28 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 275872

TG, "BTW, did Intel make any such "bus speed doubling, new chipsets, extra cache" enhancements to the Pentium X-1 when the Pentium X came out? (Applicable all the way back to even the 486 to Pentium transition, what the heck, even before that, 386 to 486)?" There are 2 ways you can read it: 1. Willy is fine, but very late, and because of it, the older generation core had to carry the load for much longer. Over the long time period that P6 had to serve, new process technologies allowed all these improvements. 2. Intel has a low confidence in Willy, at least the initial version(s), so the P6's duty will be extended.