Author: Albert Silver
Date: 07:12:58 03/06/00
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On March 05, 2000 at 22:31:01, Keith Ian Price wrote:
>Of course it is only a handful, to claim bragging rights, but it won't be long
>before they will be available in quantity. See the article (if you're
>interested), here:
>
>http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000305/bs/intel_amd_2.html
>
>kp
Bragging rights or not, it is still quite something to see them out on the
market independently of the quantity. There's a significant difference between
demonstrating a chip and putting themselves on the limb to sell it.
I disagree with the comment though that we will refer to older slower chips in
terms fractions of gigahertz. It is possible that some sellers will do so in
order to explain differences in speed more clearly to less knowledgeable users
(i.e. it might be easier to understand that one unit is 1.2 Ghz and the other is
0.5 Ghz as opposed to 1.2 Ghz and 500 Mhz), but I haven't seen this happen in
terms of memory so don't expect it to happen here either. My eyes will really
pop if I ever hear someone talk about my antiquated Apple II as having 0.064 Mb
of memory... :-)
Albert Silver
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