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To: EricRR who wrote (13518)10/12/2000 7:45:39 PM
From: RDMRespond to of 275872
 
<Has Intel ever explicitly said that the ALU of a 1.5GHz is running at 3GHz?>

Perhaps all sections of the pipeline do not require equal power. They might double frequency clock the low power sections without much heat penalty While hot spots in the the "fireball core" may limit how quickly some high power consumption pipeline segments can run.



To: EricRR who wrote (13518)10/12/2000 7:50:10 PM
From: jcholewaRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 275872
 
> Has Intel ever explicitly said that the ALU of a 1.5GHz is running at 3GHz?

Yes.

-JC


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