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To: Elmer who wrote (117485)	11/12/2000 11:51:52 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Elmer, <But I think it's safe to assume that AMD got all the help they needed from AMD and still, as yet, a 2-way is just still too tough to do.> I guess the overall point is that AMD can't do everything, yet their business plan assumed that they can. I'm sure you also know that 2-way and 4-way SMP is easier to do on Intel's shared FSB vs. AMD's P2P interfaces. No point in bragging about a "superior" P2P bus if you can't deliver on the goods. Tenchusatsu P.S. - You know the Itanium bus' peak bandwidth is equivalent to that of AMD's 266 MHz EV6 bus? And the Itanium 460GX chipset supports only one Itanium bus, compared to two EV6 buses on the 760MP chipset. Based on this alone, an AMDroid could expect the 760MP chipset w/ only two processors to outperform a 460GX chipset w/ four processors, because in their limited understanding of chipsets, they'll assume that Itanium bus is the limiting factor. Wouldn't it be a BIG surprise to the 'Droids if they're proven wrong?