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Article #1278Re: i860 vs. i960
From: Dennis O'Connor
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 08:10
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 08:10
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the Intel i860(tm) and i960(R) processor families are not related to each other. The i860 processors are intended for "scientific" applications ( i.e. those with tons of FPU work ). The i960 family of processors, ranges from the low-cost i960 SA microprocessor, to the world's first commercially-available superscalar microprocessor ( the i960 CA and the follow-on CF ), to the military-standard i960 XA and MX processors. These are intended for "embedded computing" applications, like Postscript interpretation, smart bridges/routers, and avionics. Given the vast difference in the intended markets for the products, you can imagine the architectures are very different, and they are. Both are "RISCy", and both are 32-bit, and both are from Intel : other than that, they don't have a lot in common. -- Dennis O'Connor doconnor@sedona.intel.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!chnews!chnews!doconnor From: doconnor@sedona.intel.com (Dennis O'Connor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: i860 vs. i960 Date: 18 Nov 92 08:10:27 Organization: Intel i960(tm) Architecture Lines: 17 Message-ID: <DOCONNOR.92Nov18081027@potato.sedona.intel.com> References: <1992Nov17.233954.2581@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: potato.intel.com In-reply-to: esky@marathon.cs.ucla.edu's message of Tue, 17 Nov 92 23:39:54 GMT