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To: Hightechhooper who wrote (119061)	11/23/2000 2:49:26 AM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

HighTech - Re: "Then, INTC turns up the manufacturing heat and begins to crank up the clock speed very rapidly. Suddenly, there is a very noticable gap between old generation processors and the current ones and the upgrade cycle begins" Excellent observation. But the AMDroids "just don't get it". And never will. They are living a personal Jihad - to see the destruction of Intel - at whatever cost they may incur. Paul

To: Hightechhooper who wrote (119061)	11/23/2000 8:49:42 AM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: How many times does the record have to be played before people learn the words Given an infinite amount of time, it is always possible to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse. The question for the P3/P4 transition is whether or not Intel will be given enough time, this time. This last year we've seen intel under pressure it hasn't faced in decades. And we've seen a very different Intel from the one we're used to. And despite what some people would like to think, P4 vs. P3 performance is not as good as past Intel introductions. Here is a quote from Byte Magazines January 1994 issue (the earliest available online). Remember that they are comparing a P66 with a 486-66 (fastest 486 available at the time). The P90 didn't come out for another 6 months. Pentium processor Intel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 1994 / Features / Pentium processor Intel Intel has the best track record of any company in the personal computer industry. No one can match its record of consistent progress and performance. The Pentium, with its two integer pipelines, advanced branch-prediction hardware, and sophisticated cache design, doubles the performance of the 486DX2-66 for integer operations, while its phenomenal FPU outdoes a 486's FPU by a factor of 4. More important, the Pentium reached this performance level without sacrificing compatibility with its immense software base. byte.com Now compare this with with the performance of the P4 vs. P3, and pay particular attention to the last sentence.