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To: Scumbria who wrote (5456)	8/17/2000 5:13:26 PM
From: jcholewa	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

> 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. Okay. I'll erase thoughts of dissolving FCLKs from my head, then. :)