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FromDavid Mosberger <>
DateSun, 23 Feb 2003 14:01:15 -0800
SubjectRe: Minutes from Feb 21 LSE Call
>>>>> On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 12:13:00 -0800, "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@aracnet.com> said:

  Linus> Look at them the right way and you realize that a lot of the
  Linus> grottyness is exactly _why_ the x86 works so well (yeah, and
  Linus> the fact that they are everywhere ;).

  >>  But does x86 reall work so well?  Itanium 2 on 0.13um performs a
  >> lot better than P4 on 0.13um.  As far as I can guess, the only
  >> reason P4 comes out on 0.13um (and 0.09um) before anything else
  >> is due to the latter part you mention: it's where the volume is
  >> today.

  Martin> Care to share those impressive benchmark numbers (for
  Martin> macro-benchmarks)?  Would be interesting to see the
  Martin> difference, and where it wins.

You can do it two ways: you can look at the numbers Intel is publicly
projected for Madison, or you can compare McKinley with 0.18um Pentium 4.

	--david
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