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Meanwhile, Intel's aging P6 architecture seems to be running on its last legs. The infamous `P6` has been around since the days of the Pentium Pro, a processor that debuted in 1996 at the clock speed of 150 MHz. The same architecture utilized on the Pentium Pro is still present today on the 1 GHz Pentium III. Intel has basically tweaked the P6 core over the years by raising BUS speeds, and eventually including a full-speed L2 cache on the processor die. However, with an architecture that has been around for 4 years, is Intel finding itself running out of future speed grades? Maybe the 1 GHz processor is the "beginning of the end" for the old P6...

But then again, Intel might find some workaround, and squeeze out a couple more speed grades before the mighty Wilamette gets released. Basically, one can never say never.

Back to the present, both AMD and Intel should be congratulated for their early releases of the 1 GHz processor. All techno-savvy users have been waiting for this moment for almost 10 years. The fact that two companies can release a CPU that executes one billion clock cycles per second is an astonishing fact in itself. Processors of such caliber will help usher in future innovations of software: like improved speech recognition, XML, video editing, immersive gaming, 3D rendering, and internet conferencing. And as faster processors are released in the gigahertz range, execution of instructions will vastly improve and create different tiers of processor speeds for home, casual, and corporate users alike.

While AMD and Intel's chip designs may vary, each will still have the capacity to perform well in the PC spectrum. 1 GHz CPUs have the speed to blaze through anything available today-- with more than enough speed than you'll ever need.

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