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Subject: Re: AMD Unveils World’s Highest-Performing Processor for PCs

Author: Matthew Hull

Date: 11:08:14 08/22/02

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On August 22, 2002 at 12:06:29, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On August 21, 2002 at 22:49:10, Zach Wegner wrote:
>
>><html><a
>>href="http://www.apple.com/powermac/processor.html">http://www.apple.com/powermac/processor.html</a>
>>
>>Wait, 2880 mhz... alright. Now exactly how many gigaflops does this processor
>>perform at? Oh, it doesn't say... 2880 mhz seems so big, but Apple has been
>>running faster than that chip for a few years now. Not to dual processing comes
>>standard...
>
>
>I find it interesting (strange, really) that the entire line of G4 Power Macs
>(the towers) are now multiprocessor.  The lowest-end model is dual-867 MHz, and
>the top-end is dual-1.25 GHz.  Do you know how many gigaflops they claim to be?

I believe the G4 vector processor gives it a big advantage here, but only for
apps specifically programmed for it.

Regards,



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