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To: Paul Engel who wrote (6565)	6/5/1998 2:33:00 AM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 6843

Paul: Thanks for the link. Yes it is clear that AMD promised a "homegrown" 100mhz chipset and it's nowhere to be found. The only thing available is junk chipsets from noname ASIC vendors. One point I think the article missed was frequency scaleability. The Intel GTL+ slot1/2 bus has almost unlimited headroom in terms of both frequency and data path width. The socket 7 bus is almost certainly limited to 100mhz. An example of the limiting factors can be seen in Intel's AGP specification. In order to hit 133mhz with cmos buffers, Intel had to resort to a source synchronous clock. Meaning that whichever side of the AGP port is sending the data must also generate the clock. Socket7 does not provide for a bidirectional clock so it will almost certainly never get to 133mhz or beyond. Once again, AMD is years behind and obsolete before they even realize it. Intel will move to 133mhz and 266mhz host bus and AMD will come up with new ways to blast mutant aliens (yawn), but don't worry, profits are just around the corner.... EP