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From: "Arkady V.Belousov" <ark AT belous DOT munic DOT msk DOT su>
Date: Sat,  3 Mar 2001 13:35:59 +0300 (MSK)
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Subject: Re: AMD CPUs (was: prob audio CD on 2nd CD-ROM with NWCDEX)
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Hi!

3-Мар-2001 10:59 white DOT dragon AT tin DOT it (White Dragon) wrote to
<opendos AT delorie DOT com>:

WD> |      There is only one known difference: builtin L2 in K6-3. On the other
WD> | side, `plus' version add support for FSB=100 MHz, PowerNow! technology and
WD> | smaller size (0.18 mkm instead 0.25) with lesser voltage and energy
WD> | consuming. Also, K6-2+ have L2=128K whereas K6-3+ have L2=256K.
WD> I've never seen those cpus here in Italy. Aren't them for laptops only?

     AMD too long ago promises to release plus versions even after Athlon
was released. Currently Duron (K7) ouperforms K6 (which officially limited
by 600 MHz=100 MHz FSB*6), but K6 designed for Socket 7/Super 7 (i.e. may be
used as upgrade CPU for old Pentiums) and consumes much lesser energy (with
lesses power dissipation), what up to now allows AMD to cover by him low end
and mobile requirements.

     Although, unfortunately, K6 FPU design worser than for Pentium and
it may win only with help of bigger L2 or in task with nonintensive
floating point computation (office tasks)... At the other side, if power
dissipation and/or price is more important than FPU speed, then you may use
VIA Cyrix III, Transmeta Crusoe or some other like designed CPUs.