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To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (43412)	12/30/1997 7:09:00 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul, You know my AMD K6-233 running NT is at 5% CPU utilization most of the time. I am sure if the computing power was scarse, people would try to figure out some way to share or resell the surplus, but I guess the computing power is so cheap, it's not worth the effort. Joe

To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (43412)	12/30/1997 7:27:00 PM
From: Shahen Petrosian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

> The market has moved to the perception of CPU being less important that > bandwidth. I agree that higher bandwidth will open up a world of INTERNET opportunities that can't be fully exploited at this time. However, in the meantime programmers need faster CPUs for faster compile times, computer artists need faster CPUs to ray trace faster, graphics artists need faster CPUs for faster execution in Photoshop 4.0, large spreadsheets and other sophisticated accounting projects need faster CPUs and a gazillion other science and engineering projects in the world are thirsty for more computing power. Gamers and multimedia in general also extremely CPU starved. The interpretive nature of Java also promises to create a need for faster CPUs. Last but not least, the explosive server market .... The way it works is, CPUs become more powerful and then software tools become better by taking advantage of them and so on and so on. The "killer app" analogy that keeps popping up lately doesn't apply anymore. That phrase was coined in the 80's during the MAC / PC wars. The spreadsheet was PC's killer app and WYSIWYG fonts were the MAC's. Today you have thousands of apps, evolving and getting better by pushing the hardware envelope on each revision. The maximum in the cycle is only limited by human imagination. Computer usage is not limited to the internet. Shahen Petrosian.

To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (43412)	12/30/1997 7:42:00 PM
From: Raj	Respond to of 186894

>>You know my AMD K6-233 running NT is at 5% CPU utilization most of the time.<< Paul, The focus in computing has shifted from "throughput" to "latency". Nobody cares about 100% utilization of their desktops.....they want fast response time....which is why a faster CPU is always welcome. On servers thruput is important though not as important as latency or in other words performance. Raj

To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (43412)	12/30/1997 8:16:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul - Re: "You know my AMD K6-233 running NT is at 5% CPU utilization most of the time." That figures. Paul