Re: How fast is the AMD K6?

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From: John Ballment
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 00:00

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James Tonsager (jtonsa@worldnet.att.net) wrote:
: No, the K5 is AMD's answer to the Pentium. (A very good one I might add.
: I've got a K5 166 running right now.) The 586 is a souped-up 486 on
: steroids. The K6 is the MMX enabled Pentium chip along with some other
: improvements.

If you have a look at the specs for the K6 it is more like a Pentium Pro
or Pentium II than a Pentium (i.e. they both have a RISC core).

John


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From: n1237462@droid.student.fit.qut.edu.au (John Ballment)
Subject: Re: How fast is the AMD K6?
Date: 1997/10/28
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