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Article #1414Re: Pentium to be Scrapped?!
From: Bill Beebe
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 14:13
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 14:13
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In article <DOCONNOR.93Jan7094831@potato.sedona.intel.com> doconnor@sedona.intel.com (Dennis O'Connor) writes:
>This is an idiotic rumor. No part in the 960 architecture will EVER
>replace the x86 line. Where did you hear such lunacy ?
Perhaps not replace it. But was not the original 960KA/KB designed at
the same time as the 386, and did not the 960KB's FPU heavily influence
the 80387?
>Now whether something else will replace the "P5" chip, and when that
>might happen, I can't say. But you can be sure it will execute
>the Intel486(tm) instruction set.
We are all awaiting the Pentium.
Question: Will the IBM triple-clocked 486 match the performance of the
first Pentium's integer performance?
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!att!fang!tarpit!tous!bilver!wbeebe From: wbeebe@bilver.uucp (Bill Beebe) Subject: Re: Pentium to be Scrapped?! Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 14:13:41 GMT Message-ID: <1993Jan8.141341.14320@bilver.uucp> References: <1993Jan6.235812.18764@netcom.com> <DOCONNOR.93Jan7094831@potato.sedona.intel.com> Lines: 23