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Article #539Re: Future of i860 line
From: Gideon Yuval
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 02:17
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 02:17
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In article <BtM3Mn.2BC@pgroup.com> lfm@pgroup.com (Larry Meadows) writes: ... >RISC chip. In fact, at equivalent clock rate with a proper memory system >design, I'd happily put the i860-XP as-is up against Alpha, HP, or RS6000, >and it would clearly beat the Sparc. In integer SPECmarks per MHz, the 860 is _slower_ than the 486. I'd be really surprised if DEC and IBM, without all the X86 dead wood on their backs, cannot to a bit better still. -- Gideon Yuval, gideony@microsoft.com, 206-882-8080 (fax:-883-8101;TWX:160520)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!gideony From: gideony@microsoft.com (Gideon Yuval) Subject: Re: Future of i860 line Message-ID: <1992Aug28.021712.25853@microsoft.com> Date: 28 Aug 92 02:17:12 GMT Organization: Microsoft Corporation References: <BtLGIG.3q2@pgroup.com> <TMH.92Aug26230950@doppel.first.gmd.de> <BtM3Mn.2BC@pgroup.com> Lines: 11