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To: Scumbria who wrote (33481)3/26/2001 8:43:05 AM
From: fyodor_Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 275872
 
Scumbria: Overkill == useless

Useless for the K6 is not the same as useless for the Athlon. With longer and longer pipelines, branch prediction becomes even more important. The fact is, the Athlon sports the most primitive BPU of any even remotely competitive x86 CPU sold today.

-fyo