re: AMD (fwd)

Bryn Paul Arnold Jones (bpaj@gytha.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 22 Dec 1996 01:46:32 +0000 (GMT)


On Sat, 21 Dec 1996, Rob Glover wrote:

>
> here is an example.. a 486dx2-66 is just a 486 33MHz CPU with its internal
> clock DOUBLED, to make it 66MHz. The same idea as above.. the CPU above
> is jsut a 486-33 class CPU with its internal clock QUADUPLED. 33 * 4 =
> 132. <they do a bit of funny math to work it up to 133 :>
>
> -Rob
Hmm, isn't the clock speed really 33 and a 1/3 ? that way we get the
33/66/100/133/166/200 progresion as long as we allways round down.
Bryn

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