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- From: stimber@tbag.org (Scott Timberlake)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: FWD: Fate of 68080
- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 96 15:49:10 EST
- Organization: Tampa Bay Amiga Group
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- WFB> As I understand it, the company that has mentioned the 700MHz PowerPC
- WFB> type CPU has stated that it will be able to go that fast, "in theory".
- WFB> In other words, it is still vapor-ware. True milage might be well over
- WFB> 300MHz though. Any such 'jump' would be nice. Its a combination of
- WFB> CMOS and Bi-Polar technology. Don't have all the info, but while CMOS
- WFB> requires less power or RAM or some such thing, the Bi-Polar technology
- WFB> is faster even if it is bloated or power-hungry. Supposedly the
- WFB> combination of the two technologies will be much faster than standard
- WFB> CMOS PowerPC CPU's and won't require a horribly increased amount of
- WFB> whatever it is that it requires. :)
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- The article I read said that it would be the equivalent of a present-design
- PPC chip at 700MHz, not that it would actually RUN at 700MHz. They planned
- to achieve this via the combo of bi-polar and CMOS like you said.
- Oh, and the thing that is isn't supposed to require more of is silicon, ie.;
- it has a smaller die size and is therefore cheaper to make in quantity.
- Scott
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