Isn't this pretty good then? P5-level performance/MHz from a pretty simple in-order scalar processor. And it clocks at 1.5GHz whereas the P5 topped out at aroun

Isn't this pretty good then? P5-level performance/MHz from a pretty simple in-order scalar processor. And it clocks at 1.5GHz whereas the P5 topped out at around 200MHz. Though I suppose if you'd manufacture a (slightly tweaked) P5 on a modern process you'd reach similar clock speeds too...