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Article #124Re: "586" rumours?
From: Mark Neidengard
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:14
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:14
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In article <1992Jul29.100549.1@qucdntri.ee.queensu.ca> morton@qucdntri.ee.queensu.ca writes: >Anybody heard any more rumours on the "586" coming out soon? What I've heard, >is that Intel has gone to a completely new architecture, and micro-instruction >set, while putting a 386 chip on board for backwards compatability. > >This makes a lot of sense to me. Anybody want to confirm/deny this rumour, >or provide any more? Yes, there IS a 586 coming out.....it's more commonly known by it's Intel name, the P5. It's supposedly gonna be a superscalar chip, with around 100 MIPS of performance, and backwards compatibility. This fact has been the topic of discussion all across the industry for MANY months. Mark Neidengard mneideng@cosmos.acs.calpoly.edu "The other 'P'? Well, that's not that simple..." Naughty by Nature
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!darwin.sura.net!mips!sdd.hp.com!caen!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!The-Star.honeywell.com!umn.edu!csus.edu!csusac!cindy!rat!zeus!root From: mneideng@thidwick.acs.calpoly.edu (Mark Neidengard) Subject: Re: "586" rumours? Message-ID: <1992Jul29.161432.188094@zeus.calpoly.edu> Sender: news@zeus.calpoly.edu Organization: Academic Computing Services, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo References: <1992Jul29.100549.1@qucdntri.ee.queensu.ca> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:14:32 GMT Lines: 17