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To: Dan B. who wrote (31725)4/23/1999 2:47:00 PM
From: Joe NYC  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 33344
 
Dan

I think the reason for 2 chip approach for a general purpose CPU is that over the life of the CPU, the I/O standards keep changing - USB, PCI, 1394 Firewire, AGP (with non-integrated CPUs). An update of these chips during the lifetime of the CPU is probably cheaper than updating the design of the whole CPU.

Joe



To: Dan B. who wrote (31725)4/23/1999 3:52:00 PM
From: Scumbria  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 33344
 
Dan,

There are a few situations where integrating the system improves on performance, but I see the principal benefits as cost and power reduction.

People who want high performance systems will be using separate parts for the indefinite future.

Scumbria


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