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To: combjelly who wrote (17998)	11/6/2000 11:24:57 PM
From: milo_morai	Respond to of 275872

I like this Comb? "What Determines True Processor Performance? The only measure of performance that really matters is the amount of time it takes to execute a given application. Contrary to a popular misconception, it is not clock frequency (MHz) alone or the number of instructions executed per clock (IPC) alone that equates to performance. True performance is a combination of both clock frequency (MHz) and IPC: Performance = MHz x IPC This shows that the performance can be improved by increasing frequency, IPC or optimally both. It turns out that frequency is a function of both the manufacturing process and the micro-architecture. At a given clock frequency, the IPC is a function of processor micro-architecture and the specific application being executed. Although it is not always feasible to improve both the frequency and the IPC, increasing one and holding the other close to constant with the prior generation can still achieve a significantly higher level of performance. In addition to the two methods of increasing performance described above, it is also possible to increase performance by reducing the number of instructions that it takes to execute the specific task being measured. Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) is a technique used to accomplish this." Source from previous posts link.

To: combjelly who wrote (17998)	11/6/2000 11:43:16 PM
From: rsi_boy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

All this soi talk of 30 percent gains his nice but... anybody want talk how Mot's soi is treating Apple these days? aapl seems to be suffering from a severely negative boost to frequency (compared what MOT might have achieved by putting the same effort into conventional processes). So I guess this means one of two things for AMD: a) AMD will be screwed by the high cost and delays of developing an soi process b) or, appl being the sacrificial lamb, all the bugs will be exorcised by q3 01 and everything will go flawlessly All I am saying is that K8 on soi is exciting but we shouldn't take execution for granted. Then again, even a delayed K-8 stands a chance of beating any useful variant of ia64 to market (of course, this assumes somebody will find McKinley in some way useful ;) "McKinley, will have its own pilot launch beginning in Q4 2001/Q1 2002. " from aces) t.