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Article #3178Re: New RISC chip?
From: Christopher Songer
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 15:00
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 15:00
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swiet@syzygy.cs.jhu.edu (Alexander Swietlicki) writes: > [ ... ] >the IMS3250 which is supposed to run at 100 Mhz, 90 Mips, >and be able to emulate both a 486@25Mhz and a 68040@30Mhz. Here's the >kicker: it's supposed to cost between $50 and $60 in production quantities. >Wonder what effect this'll have on the industry? > More costly memory subsystems :) After all, imagine the "going to memory" penalty you'll pay at 100MHz. Better have a big cache. I can't wait to see how DEC lays out the memory for its Alpha boards. A 200MHz processor is going to have a voracious data and instruction appetite. -Chris
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!ukma!lexmark!songer From: songer@lexmark.com (Christopher Songer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: New RISC chip? Message-ID: <1992Nov06.150042.170636@lexmark.com> Date: 6 Nov 92 15:00:42 GMT Article-I.D.: lexmark.1992Nov06.150042.170636 References: <1992Nov6.112552.21376@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> Sender: usenet@lexmark.com (News Dude) Distribution: usa Organization: Lexington, KY Lines: 14 X-Disclaimer: These views are the poster's and not necessarily those of Lexmark Nntp-Posting-Host: 9.51.7.57