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To: fyodor_ who wrote (33482)3/26/2001 8:46:31 AM
From: ScumbriaRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
Fyo,

Primitive does not translate to bad. One of the best things about K7 was that they avoided "creeping elegance", and stuck to the fundamentals.

Compare K7 integer performance vs. PIII and P4. Do you really think they have a branch prediction problem?

Scumbria



To: fyodor_ who wrote (33482)3/26/2001 10:11:30 AM
From: combjellyRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
"the Athlon sports the most primitive BPU of any even remotely competitive x86 CPU sold today"

But the question is whether or not improved branch prediction is worth it. The transistors required might yield a better IPC increase used somewhere else.


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