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To: Ali Chen who wrote (34980)	7/22/1998 2:18:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 1573092

Ali - Re: "it was Intel intention to limit Socket7 features to separate it from PPro/PII/Slot1 segment. " What kind of LOONEY TOONS argument is this? Intel designed the Pentium starting in 1990 - which defined the Socket 7 interface. Do you think they could "telescope into the future" by 3 or 4 years to magically divine the Pentium Pro BUS - IN ADVANCE - and then intentionally "cripple" the Pentium Bus? Dream on ! You must truly believe in every conspiracy that floats around! Or you simply make them up on your own ! Paul

To: Ali Chen who wrote (34980)	7/22/1998 10:59:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573092

Ali, allow me to provide the data that proves you wrong. developer.intel.com Here are the SPECfp95 results for a PentiumII processor. The 333mhz and the 350mhz versions. The 333mhz PII has a 66mhz bus and the 350 PII has a 100mhz bus. Here are the scores 333mhz = 9.55 350mhz = 11.2 The frequency difference between these 2 devices is only 5.1% yet the benchmark difference is 17.3%. If your claim that there is only a 1-2% improvement going from a 66mhz bus to a 100mhz bus is true, how is it that the floating point benchmarks increase by 12.2% MORE than should be expected by the frequency increase alone? Also keep in mind that no processor scales perfectly so there should have been less than 5.1% improvement if the bus frequency had no effect as you claim. EP