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To: Elmer who wrote (52860)3/18/1999 6:51:00 PM
From: Scumbria  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1578704
 
Elmer,

The PPro came out in late '95. How do you get 6+ years?

Going back to the beginning of development. I view K7 as being about 18-24 months old vs. 7 or 8 years on the PPro. Most of the speed improvements usually come in years 3-4 of a processor's life cycle.

Scumbria