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To: jcholewa who wrote (5452)8/17/2000 5:03:42 PM
From: ScumbriaRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
JC,

Besides the difficult datapath issues associated with the double speed ALU, the control logic is likely rather complex. Removing the double speed ALU would probably be a 6-12 month effort.

Intel does full custom design, and any change like that is a major hassle. One of the big advantages that AMD has is they use a cell based datapath methodology, which allows for much faster design turnaround times.

Scumbria