From: Jens-Uwe Rumstich <rumstich AT informatik DOT hu-berlin DOT de>
Message-Id: <199907061124.NAA02744@samba.informatik.hu-berlin.de>
Subject: Re: K7 potentials
In-Reply-To: <377E2701.7193D95E@lycosmail.com> from Adam Schrotenboer at "Jul 3, 1999 11:06:41 am"
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Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 13:24:36 +0200 (MET DST)
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> David Jonsson wrote:

> > The only way to increase register amounts is to introduce new CPU states just like they have with PIII.
> >
> > David
> 
> Have they done so??? With the K7 (Athlon) processor now in revenue shipments, the specs should now be
> available to know this, right????

No, IMHO AMD just added new instructions to 3DNow, not new registers,
therefore no new cpu state was needed.
And the Specs are sadly not available, because the K7 is only shipped
to OEMs and not available in stores to the end user :-(

cu	
	Jens-Uwe