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Article #22246Re: Next computer (Re: CISC Silent Spring)
From: christopher.arnone
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 18:05
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 18:05
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Initial information about the 040 indicate that it will be faster than the SPARC at 25Mhz. Of course, this remains to be seen. However, given Motorola's track record, I believe they feel they can still deliver the type of performance required from a state-of-the-art microprocessor from the 680x0 CISC base. I know that HP has announced the use of the 040 in one of their workstations, and it almost a sure bet that NeXT will do the same. I would bet that 040 based workstations will be comparable to the Sun 4 machines. I've heard that Motorola is planning an 050 also, so CISC is far from dead.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnewsi!ca From: ca@cbnewsi.ATT.COM (christopher.arnone) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Next computer (Re: CISC Silent Spring) Summary: 68040 and the NeXT Message-ID: <1850@cbnewsi.ATT.COM> Date: 8 Feb 90 18:05:09 GMT References: <8859@portia.Stanford.EDU> <5190@convex.convex.com> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 10