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To: FJB who wrote (26044)	4/20/1998 12:54:00 AM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 33344

RE:"Do you know which markets Intel's competitors are targeting Scumbria?" Robert, Intel's competitors always try to provide adequate performance at a lower price. Do you doubt that Microsoft will suck up every ounce of CPU power Merced has to offer? Microsoft has already announced that voice will be the primary input to Windows in the next decade. High quality speech recognition will tax any CPU to the limit. Throw in 3-D graphics and a JIT compiler and you have need for a very high performance system. Window's demand for CPU power will explode in the next few years. According to Amdahl's law, MP is the only way to continue up the performance curve. I assume that Cyrix, AMD and IDT will want to run Windows. Scumbria

To: FJB who wrote (26044)	4/20/1998 10:14:00 AM
From: Steve Porter	Respond to of 33344

Bob G. Scumbria is correct TO A POINT.. He is also incorrect. First of all the biggest problem with his argument is that it is based on "...the performance demands of the next decade...". Maybe Scumbria knows something we don't about what computer will look like in 10 years. If you folks want to know when MP will be important it's when the following ALL happen (or have happened): 1) The current OPerating system of the day (Windows NT 6.5) adds voice recognition for all applications through a system API. 2) Everyone has the equivalent of at least a T1 in their house (probably more likely 3xT1.. but anyway). 3) Internet backbone bandwidth increases 35x with lower latency as well (i.e. faster routers, swtiches and servers). Then I need MP not before. Steve Cyrix/NSM Rule!