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Article #22165Re: Next computer (Re: CISC Silent Spring)
From: Colin Plumb
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1990 04:16
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1990 04:16
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In article <8859@portia.Stanford.EDU> underdog@portia.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe) writes: >NEXT can only be saved if Steve Jobs replaces the 680X0 >with RISC processor like the Sparc chip. In all compute >intensive applications, the Sparcstation I beats the NEXT >timewise. Worse, NEXT costs MORE than a Sparstation I. You can do a lot with architectures that are lacking in price/performance, but it's possible Steve Jobs has the same idea... have you noticed how many processor architects he's hired in the last year? -- -Colin
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watdragon!lion!ccplumb From: ccplumb@lion.waterloo.edu (Colin Plumb) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Next computer (Re: CISC Silent Spring) Message-ID: <20571@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Date: 6 Feb 90 04:16:21 GMT References: <8859@portia.Stanford.EDU> Sender: daemon@watdragon.waterloo.edu Reply-To: ccplumb@lion.waterloo.edu (Colin Plumb) Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 11