| From: | BigDaddy <bigdaddy@*****.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Real-Life Computing ... |
| Date: | Tue, 26 May 1998 18:09:14 -0400 |
>
> Thus spake Airwasp:
> >
> > For anyone wanting grins and giggles ... consider the following ...
> >
> > Intel is going to begin selling chips to the consumer market sometime in the
> > year 2000 ...
> >
> > Their speed .... 800 MHz ...
>
> They're still a bit behind the competition. IBM, earlier this year,
> announced that they have demonstrated the first procesor that can operate
> beyond 1GHz. Digital Alpha processors have been over 600MHz (and higher)
> for some time now.
but the 1ghz chip is only soooo stable at sooo low of a temp. as soon as
they invent microcooled, and minaturized NO machines (hehehe i want one)
then the speed will FLY! until they find a way to decrease that heat
that all us engineers out there hate, we will be slowly increasing in
speed.
>
> http://www.ibm.com/News/1998/02/ls980204.html
