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To: Elmer who wrote (44590)	1/2/1999 1:59:00 PM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 1571368

Elmer, <IBM, Compaq, Dell, HP, Sequent, NCR, Fujitsu, Unisys, NEC, SGI etc chose the Intel Xeon> Maybe, I am not questioning their INTENTS. But... <because of the major performance advantages offered by the larger and faster L2 cache.> This is your highly biased conclusion based on marketing blurb. Wrong conclusion, IMHO. If the PentiumPro and P-II processors are getting off the market and offer no further L2 upgrades, what other choice has left for these PC-makers, for their x86 lines? Especially if they already invested into the firmware/software/infrastructure and support? Answer me: what other "choice" (for now)? How they suppose to justify that "choice"? Especially if there is NO VISIBLE PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGES? By telling customers how big the Slot2 cartidge is? Bigger than ever or what? Or how wonderful will be the heat dissipation on the monstrous dual-Xeon cartridge? Of course, they would accent on formal parameters like speed of FSB, bigger L2, because there is NOTHING ELSE TO SAY. Period.

To: Elmer who wrote (44590)	1/2/1999 2:18:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1571368

Elmer - RE: "Speaking of retarded, you never seem to get it through your head that IBM, Compaq, Dell, HP, Sequent, NCR, Fujitsu, Unisys, NEC, SGI etc chose the Intel Xeon because of the major performance advantages offered by the larger and faster L2 cache." Well, if all those companies choose processors because of a larger and faster L2 cache, AMD should have an easier time getting the K7, with up to 8MB L2 cache, in servers. I hope you're right.