Article View: comp.sys.intel
Article #1436Re: Pentium to be Scrapped?!
From: Thomas D. Barrett
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 20:31
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 20:31
17 lines
1477 bytes
1477 bytes
In article <dbarber.726545382@crash.cts.com> dbarber@crash.cts.com (David C. Barber) writes: >Maybe they'll wait and try to get a clock-doubling Pentium running. >That would be a nice surprise. That would definitely be a big surprise... not too many companies have the ability to make a 100+MHz part manufacturable. At that frequency and with typical technology, the internal clocks stop being sinewaves and start being static :) That doesn't mean that something couldn't be demonstrated or produced in small quantities with big losses being made up elsewhere or with the requirements to use a liquid cooled heat sink :) -- |Tom Barrett (TDBear), Sr. Engineer|tom.barrett@amd.com|v:512-462-6856 | |AMD PCD MS-520 | 5900 E. Ben White|Austin, TX 78741 |f:512-462-5155 | |"No is yes, And we're all free" ---Tracy Chapman, "Why?" | |My views are my own and may not be the same as the company of origin |
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<1993Jan9.203114.27572@dvorak.amd.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!male.EBay.Sun.COM!exodus.Eng.Sun.COM!sun!amdcad!dvorak.amd.com!tdbearReferences:
<1993Jan8.114342.16953@nmsu.edu> <dbarber.726545382@crash.cts.com>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!male.EBay.Sun.COM!exodus.Eng.Sun.COM!sun!amdcad!dvorak.amd.com!tdbear From: tdbear@dvorak.amd.com (Thomas D. Barrett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: Pentium to be Scrapped?! Message-ID: <1993Jan9.203114.27572@dvorak.amd.com> Date: 9 Jan 93 20:31:14 GMT References: <1993Jan8.114342.16953@nmsu.edu> <dbarber.726545382@crash.cts.com> Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas Lines: 17