RE: Take a look at what Insider Weekly had to say about the biggest marketinfluencers for 2001!

["jt" <jt@xxxxxx>]

I never got Leif's original post, but I don't understand this anyway...

I thought chip speeds were determined by the quality of the manufacturing
process...?!?

Meaning, they produce a batch of chips and rate them according to what speed
they can attain.  Sorta like sorting the biggest and best apples into the
premium class (and charge accordingly) and the others into the regular class
of apples...


Not a hardware guy, mind you...  But this is my understanding of Intel chip
speeds...

| -----Original Message-----
| [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Nathan M. Andelin
| Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 5:47 PM
|
| From: "Leif Svalgaard" <leif@leif.org>
| > There is a persistent rumor that the chip can run at three
| > clock speeds.
|
| A year ago I ran across a configuration guide for the Power PC Chip.  I
| think it was for a pre-Northstar chip.  It described how to set the clock
| speed of the chip.  There were significantly more than three speeds
| possible.