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Subject: Processor speeds, types of processors, differences?

Author: HungryGoldfish

Date: 07:07:25 06/10/99


Aren't computers a wonderful thing?  When I got a 100mHz, it was near the top of
the line, and I loved it so.  I still do.

There is a concept which states that every 18 months there is a doubling of
processor speed, and it has held to be true for a very long time.  However, due
to quantum effects, we will soon be approaching a upper limit.  As a
microbiologist, I have no idea what that limit might be, but would some of you
be willing to hazard a guess to the max. processing speed we can expect from our
computers (single processors, not multi's)?

And so many chips!  AMD's, and those fast Celeron chips, and Pentium III's.
Assuming equal MHz ratings, are there any significant differences between these
chips?  Why is Celeron so much cheaper?  Is there a chip which seems to be
better with chess programs?  Which chip is filet mignon?  Which chip is merely a
tasty BBQ hamburger?

---->Hungry for fast chips




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