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To: PAL who wrote (71440)	10/12/1998 10:48:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 176387

Killer Katami,no not the Iranian Foreign Minister but... Intel's Katami. Paul-san Here is a bit of interesting news from Intel,poor AMD just can't seem to win,oh well. Say any idea where Intel come up with the name 'Katami' I am sure it is not in honor of the Iranian minister but perhaps probably an Iranian scientist,eh? May be I'll ask Paul Engle on the Intel thread I think he used to be big shot at Intel and pretty up to date on these things.<g> ========================= Monday October 12 9:23 AM ET Katmai could kill 3DNow, analysts say By Robert Lemos, ZDNet It's blood and gore in 3-D, and it isn't fun and games. Rather, it's the face-off in multimedia between PC chip giant Intel Corp. and its rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. On Tuesday, Intel (Nasdaq:INTC) is expected to announce further details of its Katmai processor at the Microprocessor Forum in San Jose, Calif. Not to be outdone, rival AMD (NYSE:AMD) will show off its latest 3-D enhanced processor, codenamed "Sharptooth," and reveal details of its next-generation K7 processor. The brewing hostilities are not just of interest to gamers. The new instructions can be used for a variety of other multimedia applications - from voice recognition to video processing. Showdown in 3-D For the AMD-led 3DNow initiative, Intel's coming Katmai is a major threat. In fact, the so-called Katmai New Instructions chip could be AMD's Waterloo. Intel's coming processor adds multimedia functions to what is essentially a Pentium II core, giving Katmai all the advantages of AMD's K6-2 and none of its weaknesses. "It doesn't really kill the current 3DNow processors, but for applications makers it doesn't make sense to support both Katmai and 3Dnow," said Pete Glaskowsky, an analyst at semiconductor technology watcher MicroDesign Resources Inc., MDR hosts the annual Microprocessor Forum. 3DNow is cool, but ... The 3DNow feature set is 23 instructions designed to speed 3-D and multimedia processing. Applications using the technology - mainly 3-D games - can see up to 30 percent faster performance. But while AMD's 3DNow-enabled processor is strong in optimized applications, it is barely better than an older Pentium in others. "It comes down to instruction sets," said Mike Feibus, an analyst at semiconductor watcher Mercury Research Inc. "Katmai New Instructions will be much richer than 3DNow." Included in Katmai: Enough power to do real-time video encoding, useful for video conferencing and home video editing...... dailynews.yahoo.com