By: Matt Craighead (mcraighead.delete@this.nvidia.com), August 19, 2004 1:18 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Paul DeMone (pdemone@igs.net) on 8/19/04 wrote:
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>So IMO it didn't make sense 30 years ago and it makes
>even less sense today.
I wholeheartedly agree.
Imagine having to rewrite your app because Prescott changed the microcode from Northwood...
For all we know, the microcode even has to be different based on minor stepping revisions that weren't supposed to be end-user visible.
- Matt
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>So IMO it didn't make sense 30 years ago and it makes
>even less sense today.
I wholeheartedly agree.
Imagine having to rewrite your app because Prescott changed the microcode from Northwood...
For all we know, the microcode even has to be different based on minor stepping revisions that weren't supposed to be end-user visible.
- Matt