Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 00:06:23 01/10/02
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On January 09, 2002 at 17:12:11, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >>It's faster only because of the clockspeed. Granted, that is made >>possible by the silly design, but it doesn't make it any nicer, >>especially compared vs the Athlons. > >To rearrange your wording, the P4's design allows it to reach higher >clockspeeds which results in faster performance. Again, how is this "silly"? It's silly because they have to make it this way. It's faster solely by means of clockspeed. >Do you want a chip that performs well or one that clocks slow? Seems like >you're asking for the latter. It's possible to make well-performing chips that clock slower :) I would just like to see a new chip and an innovative design with real new features. The trend now is to make stupider chips that run at a higher clockspeed. I would have found it more interesting to see a slower clocked but smarter (and thus faster) chip. -- GCP
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