Margus Ramst wrote:
> 
> As far as I know, there are only two main improvements in the PIII chip
> (somewhat higher frequency aside). It has the KNI (also called MMX II),
> which is of no use to POV. And it has a larger on-chip L1 cache. I'm not
> sure about the effect of this; but I do know that my Celeron, which has 4X
> less L2 cache than a PII, is still as fast at POV as a PII at the same MHz.
> So I'd guess the effect will not be too great (in POV)
> And Intel had the "great" idea of this identification code in PIII... Big
> Brother Inside.
> Anyway, I'd wait for AMD's K7. It has somereally  impressive stats and is
> probably much better value for your money (a lot of money in both cases)
> 
> Margus

I looked at their press release web page and could not find
any real performance or operating data available. Do you know
what the top end will be on these - 400mhz more ? and if they
will operate at faster buss speed than their predecessors.
They had about 8 different pages to visit and not one had
any information except that yes they have devoloped it and
yes they plan to sell them.

-- 
Ken Tyler

tyl### [at] pacbellnet

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