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Article #20810Re: 68040 and 80486
From: Stan Lackey
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1989 14:44
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1989 14:44
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In article <17159@cup.portal.com> bcase@cup.portal.com (Brian bcase Case) writes: >>>Now can someone tell me which is better in the next round; the 68040 >>>or the 486? >>Sure, that's easy. The 29000 is better >Seriously, they'll be somewhat close again. The 486 is a damn good inplementation etc etc I think the loss if interest in the 680x0/80x86 war is due to the fact that it is over. No one will make a decision on 040/486 on anything to do with architecture; they will decide based on software! In other words, if they want to run lotus etc fast and compete in the clone wars :-)? it's the 486; if it's for workstations, it's the 040. No one should be designing them into new systems (other than in extending compatible product families). The war has moved to the complex (heh heh) RISC chips. I fully expect Motorola to come out with a statement showing planned 88000 implementations that will compete better against the 860. - Stan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!dptcdc!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ulowell!bbn!bbn.com!slackey From: slackey@bbn.com (Stan Lackey) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: 68040 and 80486 Message-ID: <38736@bbn.COM> Date: 17 Apr 89 14:44:51 GMT References: <1032@myrias.UUCP> <12289@reed.UUCP> <1049@myrias.UUCP> <1928@trantor.harris-atd.com> <25215@amdcad.AMD.COM> <17159@cup.portal.com> Sender: news@bbn.COM Reply-To: slackey@BBN.COM (Stan Lackey) Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA Lines: 20