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To: Scumbria who wrote (77023)	3/22/1999 4:51:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

<Compare the similarity of the 21264 and K7 micro-architectures:> So? I thought you said it yourself. x86 code is very misbehaved and not very well-geared towards Alpha-like techniques, even if you translate those x86 instructions into RISC-like instructions. (For example, x86 only has a small set of architected registers.) Plus, the Alpha is very dependent on ultra-high clock frequencies. So far, the K7 only reached 600 MHz in a demo, while the Pentium III got to 800 MHz w/out special cooling techniques. You are severely fooling yourself if you think the K7 is anything like an Alpha. I still maintain that the K7 is nothing more than a P6-plus. Tenchusatsu