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Article #12081Re: Moto 88110 ?
From: Thierry Leconte
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 08:50
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 08:50
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From article <0094A113.42199340@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU>, by sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney): > I came across an InfoWorld blurb about a NeXT(tm) box based around the Motorola > 88110. It would (allegedly) pull 50-60 MIPS (ie: 3 times faster than the > 68040 currently used) and has enough stuff thrown in on the chip which would > allow them to bundle in functions like image compression on-the-fly, rather > than using Yet More chips and an Intel i860 for image processing. > > I wonder what this is going to do to the Moto CISC line if one of their > major customers (NeXT) goes Moto RISC plus another (Apple) is thinking about > it. Is Next a "major customer" of 680xx ? I don't think they sell so MANY Next to be really a "major customer" Am I wrong ? , have you any numbers ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Thierry LECONTE | , ,--- ,--- | | INRIA/IRISA | / / /--- | | Campus de Beaulieu | (___ (___ (___ | | 35042 RENNES CEDEX | | | FRANCE | (INRIA/BULL) | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Tel: 99 36 20 00 e-mail: Thierry.Leconte@irisa.fr | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!corton!irisa!leconte From: leconte@irisa.fr (Thierry Leconte) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Moto 88110 ? Message-ID: <1991Jun14.085025.3176@irisa.fr> Date: 14 Jun 91 08:50:25 GMT References: <0094A113.42199340@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU> Sender: news@irisa.fr Organization: IRISA, Rennes (FR) Lines: 25