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To: Petz who wrote (25257)	10/23/1997 1:47:00 AM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575002

John, Re: " DEC Alpha should only be capable of running 2.5/2 times faster than the Pentium II, or at 375 MHz. In fact, it runs at 533 MHz." Earth to John .. Earth to John .. Relax ... Number 1, the Alpha is a totally different instruction set and architecture. Care to show me the benchmark data that shows a DEC Alpha running NT 50% faster than a 300mhz PII. I guess this is the reason DEC is trying to move away from the Alpha to Intel based servers. In fact in their recent quarter, DEC had a larger percentage gain in revenue of Intel based servers than in Alpha based servers. Intel's CPU and AMD CPU's compare much more closely on instruction set and benchmark data versus frequency. You are way off base and struggling, John. Let's see if my predictions about: 1) AMD's .25um mobile CPU will be running below 266mhz AND 2) AMD's .25um desktop CPU will be running at/or below 300mhz. While Intel will have their .25um desktop CPU's running at above 300mhz. If these things happen in 1H98 then I am correct and you are wrong (again and again and ... sounds like Fuchi, eh?) Make It So, Yousef