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To: Paul Engel who wrote (44270)	12/29/1998 5:14:00 PM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Respond to of 1572033

Paul, I know what an FPU is. As we both know, 3DNow (SIMD) essentially provides FPU power, although technically it is not, of course, an FPU. As one AMD engineer stated, if KNI SIMD were double precision, it would essentially obsolete the x87 FPU. That should give you some indication that they exist for pretty similar purposes. I needed FPU power, and got the equivalent through 3dNow SIMD. Please don't clog the thread with useless nitpicking. Kevin

To: Paul Engel who wrote (44270)	12/29/1998 5:21:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572033

Paul, RE:"If you wanted FPU power, a Pentium MMX has a better and faster FPU than an equivalently clocked K6 or a K6-2"... If there was an equivalently clocked Pentium MMX.... Then again, seems like the DEC Alpha would be a better FPU choice. Now, Didn't those DEC guys design the K7? And I'm sure they didn't leave the FPU behind either. Jim