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To: jcholewa who wrote (16108)10/26/2000 12:45:11 PM
From: stribe30Respond to of 275872
 
JC enigmatically said: "Mustang has hardware prefetching (as rumoured by c't, but for reasons of morality I can't really confirm or deny this) which can dramatically decrease effective memory latency, especially in orderly loops. There is also one advantage that Mustang has which I suspect you may see as a solid move in the right direction for performance and compatibility."

Ahhhhh... JC... you give out enough info to make it look as if you know something we dont.. yet are vague on the particulars.. If I didnt know any better, I'd think you'd have one of those NDA's on you that you always claim you've never had to deal with.
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To: jcholewa who wrote (16108)10/26/2000 12:45:15 PM
From: cs_horkRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 275872
 
There is also one advantage that Mustang has which I suspect you may see as a solid move in the right direction for performance and compatibility.

Hmmm, does it start with an "S" and end with an "E", or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Chris



To: jcholewa who wrote (16108)10/26/2000 1:44:16 PM
From: Joe NYCRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 275872
 
JC,

Mustang has hardware prefetching (as rumoured by c't, but for reasons of morality I can't really confirm or deny this) which can dramatically decrease effective memory latency, especially in orderly loops.

I think this would be big. Are there any rumors if P4 has it?

Joe