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To: Jim Patterson who wrote (37132)	4/8/1998 3:17:00 PM
From: Boplicity	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Does this mean that CHROME is a kind of replacement for MMX ? NO. MMX is firmware based---> Added instruction at the CPU level. How can you short what you don't know???? Greg

To: Jim Patterson who wrote (37132)	4/8/1998 10:08:00 PM
From: K. M. Strickler	Respond to of 176387

JP, According to rudedog's post, there appears to be 2 CHROME named items coming. One is hardware, and the other is software. rudedog is apparently working in this area, and I will defer all technical questions his direction! I thought that CHROME was a replacement for MMX until rudedog explained how it worked. It is now my understanding (rudedog are you there?) that there are some new instructions that are designed to 'load' the CHROME card, but it is CPU intensive! As for JIT during slack time, don't you just stop the overtime? <vbg> Then the workers could work 40 hr weeks! From all of the plant expansion, it appears that DELL is ramping up production, not tappering 'down'! I don't understand how the figure of 90% indicates a failure in the JIT model. If the JIT model is implemented as I think that DELL has, there would be 'several' lines assembling computers. If the orders drop off enough, I would suspect that a 'line' would be closed, ready to 'ramp' up as soon as demand reappeared. Currently, the browsers aren't using MMX specific displays. The MMX intensive displays are used in the video games, and if the program is MMX required, I can't run it! Since I look at the computer as a 'tool' and not a 'toy', the missing MMX hasn't impacted me yet! Regards, Ken