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third day coverage
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| Mon Jun 11, 2001 | 6:49A| PermaLink |
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We came across two new dual CPU solutions, one based on the AMD 760MP chipset, and the second, is an Intel 860 chipset. The AMD 760MP chipset will support the new AMD Athlon MP processors for dual processing capability. The new AMD Athlon MP processor features a new cache architecture that offers exclusive L2 TLB (Translation Look-aside Buffer) and data prefetch. This basically means that data is automatically fed to the processor even before you need it. This has the effect of minimizing delays due to lengthy data search times and consequently, increases system performance and throughput. In addition to that, 52 new instructions were added to the current 3DNow! technology, and it is now called 3DNow! Professional. Just how much more performance can be gained from these additional instructions? Well, we all know that if softwares are not optimized for these instructions, they would be pretty useless (and the same goes for the Pentium 4 too).
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FULL STORY @
HARDWAREZONE
(http://www.hardwarezone.com/php/pcodes/reviews.php3?_di=2&_c=18&_aid=2001-06-08+09%3A31%3A22)
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