From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
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Subject: [OT] Re: assembly language and AMD processors
Date: 07 Jan 2000 14:08:46 -0800
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"Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel" <kalum AT newmail DOT net> writes:
> 
> AMD promises that because of it's advanced architecture it can 
> extend the CPU speeds up to 1000MHZ (1GHZ) !. If so then this 
> should be a real killer and put that trash Intel out of buisness 
> (Thank God if this happens. Intel and M$ are the scourge of this 
> planet).

Incidentally, there is a company (I forget its name) that is now
selling 1 GHz Athlon machines.  I think they use an overclocked 600 or
650 MHz chip, with some fancy (and expensive) cooling equipment to
keep it working at the higher clock.  Liquid nitrogen or something.
Apparently it works fine.

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Nate Eldredge
neldredge AT hmc DOT edu