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To: kapkan4u who wrote (62212)	11/5/2001 1:18:53 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Kap, This is Intel's micro-architectural performance optimization guide. It contains all those little tidbits that any geek would love to argue over on an Internet forum. developer.intel.com Look at page 34 (1-12), and you'll see the following text. Decoder The front end of the Intel NetBurst micro-architecture has a single decoder that can decode instructions at the maximum rate of one instruction per clock. Some complex instructions must enlist the help of the microcode ROM. wanna_bmw