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In article <1992Aug07.203524.7205@sco.COM>, md@sco.COM (Michael Davidson) writes:
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| davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) writes:
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| >  Is the P5 really going to be faster than the 486 (a) at the same clock
| >speed, and (b) running 486 code?

| Can you conceive of any reason why Intel would *bother* to produce a P5
| processor if it *didn't* run 486 code (which is all that will be available
| for it to run intially) faster than a 486 running at the same clock speed?

  Certainly, I can think of several.
  1. The speed is higher than the 486 and overall performance is better.
  2. People will buy any chip put out by Intel if it has a glitzy Norton
     SI, and all the have to do is recompile SI.
  3. The native mode runs UNIX and WindowsNT and the x86 stuff is just
     in there for backward compatibility.
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bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
    I admit that when I was in school I wrote COBOL. But I didn't compile.