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To: Dan3 who wrote (155184)	1/13/2002 4:37:17 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Dan, Re: "So the $2,000 to $4,000 big cache Foster can reasonably be expected to run at about the same clock speed and IPC of the 80mm2 Athlon XP." When using a single processor, you might be justified in your logic. However, a server builder such as yourself ought to have some concept of scalability, and large caches definitely help in this area. 4 Foster processors will have much more processing power than any dual Athlon system can achieve. Another selling feature, of course, would be the greater levels of stability and uptime that chipset manufacturers build around 4-way platforms. wbmw