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To: dougSF30 who wrote (39442)5/14/2001 12:14:08 AM
From: Joe NYCRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
Doug,

37.5M transistors vs. Tbird 37M. So same die size, more or less.
We get: SSE (not SSE2), hardware prefetch, increased something or other table.
A bit faster clock/clock than Tbird, with 20% lower power consumption.

My first reaction is not bad, other than the slow rollout, and silly artificial segmentation. Since it is the same damn chip, AMD should just sell one version, and let people use it any way they want to. (Notebook, desktop, workstation, server, PowerNow enabled, disabled).

Joe



To: dougSF30 who wrote (39442)5/14/2001 12:19:15 AM
From: Jim McMannisRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 275872
 
This from Anand. If true. A disappointment.

"Just to set the record straight now, the Athlon 4 does not have an improved Branch Prediction Unit as was originally rumored".

Good stuff though.

A4 will utilize DDR better than T-bird and 1 ghz will run at 1.4v. Added SSE.
Morgan is HERE now.
A4 core 2-15% faster than t-bird.
Need a smaller mobile module.

Over all, very pleasing...

Jim


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