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128 bit vector processor
Quote: "Mac G4 ... and a ... Athlon 64 3200+. Guess which one's faster ... I'll give you a hint: it's the machine which has the 128-bit vector processor built into the CPU"

Very clever, a trick question as they both have. Intels and AMDs since SSE, IBMs since the G4.
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RE: Message to IBM...  jacrav | 05/23/05
belated?  avdp | 05/23/05
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