Re: Emulator, Inc

[Eric Smith <eric-no-spam-for-me@brouhaha.com>]

Sheldon Simms <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com> writes:
> However, at one time one *could* argue that it was a screwup. The
> original (Willamette) Pentium 4 was slower than the competition,
> even with a core frequency almost twice as high.
> 
> The main thing that has saved the Pentium 4 is Intel's ability
> to push the process technology and include a lot of on-chip cache.

They were able to increase the clock rate a lot before they even had
to worry about pushing the process technology.  They usually introduce
a new processor at a much lower clock rate than it is capable of.  This
is partly for marketing reasons, and partly to make sure that they
have plenty of headroom.