Re: How fast is the AMD K6?

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From: Eric van Bezooijen
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 00:00

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In article <65lpaq$3vt$1@s3000-01.magna.com.au>,
Corey Johnston <cjohnston@post1.com> wrote:

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>fast as the PII. However, as their MMX Instruction set (which is compatible
>with Intels) can only execute one MMX instruction per clock, Intels
>processors beat the K6 by a mile. Personally, I'd like to see the K6 go

Especially considering the thousands of applications that use MMX!

-Eric

(note: sarcasm!)
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From: eric@godzilla.berkeley.edu (Eric van Bezooijen)
Subject: Re: How fast is the AMD K6?
Date: 1997/12/02
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