[svlug] It is all starting to make sense

[Mark Willey]

In message <364887ED.7277DD62 at jps.net>, Charles Notley writes:
>George Bonser wrote:
>
>> Intel matters on high-end server-grade platforms.
>
>
>>From what I've read that's changing.  The K7 should be able to compete
>head to head with anything Intel has or will have in the near future. 
>I'm sure everyone knows, but just in case.  The K7 is a 64bit 500Mhz
>processor, 200Mhz bus, and supports multi-processing.  That's just the
>first generation, word is that processor speeds will break 1Ghz and bus
>speeds will go to 400Mhz by 2000.  Read it for yourself:
>
>http://www.tomshardware.com/releases/98q4/981015/index1.html

You better go read it again.  64-bit processor?  I don't think so...
I think you confused the width of the backside bus with the instruction
format.

Mark


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