SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (44907)1/5/1999 5:48:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574342
 
From what I understand, 3DNOW! and Katmai replace the FPU rather than enhance it. AMD has stated that pipelining the FPU wasn't as effective as using 3DNOW!
I feel that the idea that you need special instructions & software to get better performance than RAW FPU power can be faulted from a marketing standpoint. Better to just have the monster FPU.

Jim