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Article #20678Re: Query about miserable M68882 performance
From: Jan Gray
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 1989 15:39
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 1989 15:39
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In article <2583@tank.uchicago.edu> phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes: >floating point performance of the Motorola 68882. Is there help on the horizon? >A plug-in compatible chip along the Weitek 80387 replacements that can speed up The Feb. 89 Microprocessor Report "Recent IC Announcements" describes the new Weitek 3168, a floating-point coprocessor for 680[23]0 systems that is claimed to be 2-4x faster than a 68882. Price(25 MHz): $499, quantity 2500; in production in September. Jan Gray uunet!microsoft!jangr Microsoft Corp., Redmond Wash. 206-882-8080
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!sharkey!shadooby!accuvax.nwu.edu!tank!ncar!ames!lll-winken!uunet!microsoft!jangr From: jangr@microsoft.UUCP (Jan Gray) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Query about miserable M68882 performance Message-ID: <1251@microsoft.UUCP> Date: 6 Apr 89 15:39:59 GMT References: <2583@tank.uchicago.edu> Reply-To: jangr@microsoft.UUCP (Jan Gray) Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 10