[News] 1GHz Athlon released | ANN.lu |
Posted on 09-Mar-2000 21:57 GMT by Christian Kemp | 32 comments View flat View list |
Sauro quotes BoingWorld: According to the AMD website the Athlon 1GHz chip has been released, and the first boxes that will be available will come from Compaq & Gateway. You can read a review of the new Athlon chip here. See AMD's web site too.
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Posted by Plain English on 09-Mar-2000 23:00 GMT | 1GHz, had to happen eventually.
I remember a few years ago when all other platforms using different processors were 'crapping' the x86 for being based on an old architecture, and prediction after prediction came out when a new processor speed came out saying "This is it. It can't possibly go beyond 75MHz, x86 is rubbish and old" then "200MHz is the limit", then "400MHz is the final limit".
EAT YOUR WORDS!
Does anybody even think there is a limit any more? The chip is so much tweaked and twisted from the original that the two could've come from different planets. You can't possibly use this as an argument anymore, if you do you've lost touch. Old architecture? I say mature.
Amiga's beloved 68k series reached it's physical limit years ago (at what? 60MHz, 75MHz? Ha).
I recently was arguing with some Amigian on ANN, and he asked me "Would you use a Bulldozer to mow a lawn?" (In reference to speeds of Amiga and PC, arguing that you don't need the speed - whatever)
Well, if I can get a cleaner cut of the grass, it takes me a fraction of the time to do the job, it costs less than a lawn mower, then yes. Why should I settle for second best. |
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