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To: kapkan4u who wrote (69044)	1/26/2002 2:53:19 PM
From: hmaly	Respond to of 275872

Kap Re...The 64-bit registers are involved in computations but the upper bits are unused and inaccessible, so there are absolutely no 64-bit chunks anywhere when running 32-bit codes.<<<<<<< You know that, and I know that, but does the general public know that? But what will keep the general public from perceiving the AMD's better IPC is because of Hammers 64 bit ability. The general public might not understand quantispeed, or cache size, or on die memory controllers, but I believe the public understands that 64 bit processing power is better than 32 bit, because the number is twice as big, just as the public wants to believe a 2 ghz processor is faster than a 1.5 ghz. The simple fact is that AMD will have almost a 50% faster IPC with Hammer over P4. A lot of people will attribute that to the 64 bits, because it is easy to comprehend.