Re: IFEL ARM3

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From: Nick Smith
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 02:18

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In article <720892086.11951@minster.york.ac.uk> tjh-a@minster.york.ac.uk writes:
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>Has anyone seen the IFEL advert for an ARM3 with connections
>for access to address/data busses for (they say) you to 
>connect an FPU. Has anyone seen this board yet? Is it available
>yet? How much is the FPU going to cost if it is released (by 
>IFEL, I presume)?

During a visit to the AU Show with a friend (Hi Holger!) we visited most of
the stands asking about ARM3 upgrades with FPA sockets. (Holger has an
A300 series machine) Most companies said 'A what socket ?' 8-( but at
least IFEL were 'selling' (ie, letting you place orders for) an ARM3 plug
in board which has a socket for another card (goes on top!) which will
have an FPA chip on it.

This will be the fabled ARM Ltd FPA chip, and as soon as it is available
will no doubt be sold by everyone ... IFEL had a prototype board at the
show, and said they would be shipping in a few weeks (obviously without
the FPA chip!)

I have no idea about FPA price or time to availability, but I can say that
more than one person has suggested speeds of around 2-3MFLOPS.
Compare this to the 70KFLOPS that the A5000 + FPemulator can produce and
you can see that it will be a smart upgrade!

People have been talking about the FPA for years now, and I have heard
prices ranging from L50 to L300 ! We'll just have to wait and see ...

If you are getting an ARM3 upgrade, you'd be mad to get one without a
socket - soon all the upgrades will have sockets on them.

--
Nick Smith, Rm.226, Churchill College, Cambridge ! Email: nas20@uk.ac.cam.phx
.sig quote wanted - must be under guarantee.     ! Tel: (0223) 465596

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Subject: Re: IFEL ARM3
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