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Article #1434Re: 960 XA/MX Questions
From: Guy Harris
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 19:31
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 19:31
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> MC : core + FPU + MMU, mil-spec > XA : MC + object-oriented tagged architecture, mil-spec I.e., the BiiN machines all used mil-spec chips? :-) >Note that none of the commercial parts are the same die as >any of the military parts : that would cost too much. I seem to remember Steve McGeady implying that, at least in some sense, the KA, KB, MC, and XA all used the same die, even though the dies on the mil-spec versions might be more rigorously tested. The XA may have an extra pin or so for the tag bit.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!auspex-gw!guy From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: 960 XA/MX Questions Message-ID: <16313@auspex-gw.auspex.com> Date: 9 Jan 93 19:31:11 GMT References: <1993Jan08.173711.14431@donau.et.tudelft.nl> <1993Jan8.215944.10065@gandalf.ca> <DOCONNOR.93Jan8234804@potato.sedona.intel.com> Sender: news@auspex-gw.auspex.com Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara Lines: 12 Nntp-Posting-Host: auspex.auspex.com