Re: P6: Problems even with 32-bit Apps

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From: Andrew Chang
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 17:17

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R S Rodgers <rsrodger@wam.umd.edu> wrote:
>Shawn V. Hernan <valentin+@pitt.edu> wrote:
>>It appears that the P6 could be in serious trouble (well, it won't be
>>as successful as the 486 or Pentium, which is to say that it will sell
>>well, but not necessarily continue to dominate the market). 
>
>It doesn't have to.  It merely has to outperform the M1 and K5.  The Pentium
>already won the real battle -- another CPU line (PowerPC) wont have a big 
>chance to grab marketshare for several more years.

	You sure?  I thought one of those two Pentium competitors already 
had some 30% increase per MHz.  And they are coming out sooner.  What 
with the divergence in x86-compatible chips, I don't really see the 
reason why Intel would necessarily design the fastest nth-generation chip.

Followups to comp.sys.intel.

						Andrew

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Subject: Re: P6: Problems even with 32-bit Apps
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Date: 29 Aug 1995 17:17:22 GMT
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