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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (39876)	10/22/1998 12:48:00 PM
From: Scot	Respond to of 1578498

I got this rumor off of www.3dnow.net. The info supposedly comes from a usenet post... There is also some info on the new HP system. <<<<<<<<<<begin quote>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here are the facts about the new AMD K6 2 CPUs. These are directly from AMD management. As of Oct. 20, 1998: The new AMD CPU will be called the "XT" by AMD for the new core change. The "XT" CPUs will cover the full range of CPUs, from 333 MHz thru 400 MHz (and perhaps faster if AMD brings out a faster CPU prior to the K6 3 "Sharpstooth" introduction - which I doubt). The new CPUs will be identifiable by the code number "26357" on the substrate of the CPU versus "26050" for the existing design. AMD will produce/sell the two designs in parallel until production and existing stocks of the new CPUs permit a total change over. So if you want the new CPU, make sure that you so specify in your order and check the CPU upon receipt, as I expect that there will be some "confusion" before the change over is complete. The new CPUs will cost exactly the same as the existing design. The new CPUs will become available at retail starting in two to three weeks. The speed increase will be worth .8 Winstone98 Business Marks (approx.) which I would estimate will equal a 8-10% speed increase due to the core change. This CPU speed is my personal estimate (the ".8" comes from AMD) and equals approx. 1/2 the speed difference between, say, a 350 MHz CPU and a 400 MHz CPU. It will definitely make the AMD CPUs faster than the same speed Intel PII CPUs. The core change involves a revamping of the "write allocation feature" of the CPU. The CPUs will require a new BIOS to take advantage of the core change, but will be totally compatible with the existing BIOSs. Thus no speed increase will be available without the new BIOSs. The only question that remains to be answered is whether or not the changed "write allocation feature" changes will affect the compatibility with certain AGP video cards. I will post the answer to this question as soon as I have it.