> >On Sat, 16 Aug 1997, Alex Rubenstein wrote:
> >
> >> You do realise tha Pentium II is not optimized as a server processor,
> >> right? You should be using the PPro if anything; it is the best server CPU
> >> you can buy right now; except for a FAST alpha.
> >
> > A Pentium II IS a PPro, just repackaged, and with MMX instructions.
> >
> >Tom
>
> Didn't they move the cache off-chip?
It is contained within the same package, just like a PPro. The cache
was never part of the same piece of silicon as the CPU on the PPro.
These are just packaging issues, the CPU is the same.
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> Don Lashier dl@newportnet.com
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Tom