Re: New RISC chip?

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From: Gordon Van Huizen
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 17:02

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In article <1992Nov11.211338.405@pages.com> bruce@pages.com(Bruce  
Henderson) writes:
> In article <1992Nov7.115521.3737@cubetech.com> andrew@cubetech.com  
writes:
> >>some new RISC chip: 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. 
> This chip can do all  
> of this because it has loadable microcode.  So you write microcode that  
> emulates the 486 instruction set, or the SPARC instruction set... You  
name it.
> 

Wow! Loadable microcode on a micro! Flashbacks to my super-mini days. Now  
we can have some *real* fun... :-)

Gordon
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Subject: Re: New RISC chip?
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