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To: puborectalis who wrote (107814)8/20/2000 7:48:09 PM
From: Elmer  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 186894
 
An interesting discussion of the P4 "Rapid Execution Engine"

yahoo.cnet.com

New subsystems inside the NetBurst architecture will enable the processor to churn more data at a faster rate, Yu said. A micro-engine called the "Rapid Execution Engine," for example, will run at twice the speed of the processor and will handle frequently repeated tasks, such as addition and subtraction calculations.