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To: Gary Ng who wrote (36024)	8/14/1998 11:54:00 PM
From: Maxwell	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1570976

<<<I just try to ask the simple question, why don't you give a simple answer ? Can SS7 form factor goes beyond 350 ?>>> Certainly! You will see in sometime in Q4. I am running my K6-2 overclocking to 375MHz now. Heat sink is warm but still not as hot as my K6-233. BTW: Do you have any understand of heat dissipation and computer? Or are you one of "those dumb stupid people that usually have better luck"? Maxwell

To: Gary Ng who wrote (36024)	8/15/1998
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570976

SS7 can and will go to at least 450Mhz. Then the K7 will kick in at higher speeds. Jim

To: Gary Ng who wrote (36024)	8/15/1998 12:26:00 AM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1570976

Gary < why don't you give a simple answer ? Can SS7 form factor goes beyond 350 ?> If you are serious, the answer is "yes". Actually, Kevin is incorrect in his assessment of the SEC superiority in terms of heat dissipation: there is no difference, technically speaking. I would even say that the socketed (flat mounted) chips have an advantage in the sense that you can attach bigger cooling device without many additional hooks, brackets, etc. as for the perpendicularly mounted cartridge. The other heat-spreading conditions are identical and depend on the particular silicon technology (and packaging technology). Currently the K6-2-300 dissipates about 10-12W while the old 0.35um K6-233 was working in systems dissipating 20-25W with conventional heat sinks/fans. Since the power dissipation is proportional to the chip frequency, there is no technical reasons why the 0.25 K6-2 will not able to dissipate the same heat when running at 600MHz. (John Traveler, just shut up about thermal resistance etc.) Unfortunately, there are other factors that may limit the K6 working frequency. One factor is the switching rate of silicon gates (better as Yousef about it, he-he). There are some others...