From: "David Jonsson" <David DOT Jonsson AT ellemtel DOT se>
To: <pgcc AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: K7 potentials
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 13:50:20 +0100
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> At 05:48 PM 5/19/99 -0400, Adam Schrotenboer wrote:
> >I was wondering if there is any speculation, q's, etc about what the K7
> >may be capable of.
> 
> well i don't expect too much.

Expect 10-50% more than PIII. Look at www.amd.se
 
> >For example:
> >    Will the K7 be less "register starved" than the rest of the x86
> >archictecture, or was this simply not possible while maintaining x86
> >compatibility????
> >    If it will have more registers, how much difference will this make

The only way to increase register amounts is to introduce new CPU states just like they have with PIII.

David