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- From: atul@cadence.com (Atul Srinivasan)
- Subject: Re: FWD: Fate of 68080
- Message-ID: <DL17DK.3LK@Cadence.COM>
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- Organization: Cadence Design Systems
- References: <4ctbjv$js6@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> <867.6583T1061T1835@norconnect.no>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 19:27:19 GMT
-
- In article <867.6583T1061T1835@norconnect.no> kenneth@norconnect.no (Kenneth C. Nilsen) writes:
- >I heard some rumours about a 700MHz PowerPC. This has very little backing,
- >but is it true or not? I know there have been difficulties to get more than
- >300MHz so this sounds not too probable. Anyone?
-
-
- There is a company called Exponential Technology Inc, which is trying to
- design a PowerPC clone using BiCmos technology. It is aiming for clock speeds
- approx 3 times higher than the fastest pentiums, which would put
- it at around the 600 MHz range.
-
- They have been around for about 2 1/2 years, and could ship first product
- in early 1997.
-
- BiCmos can operate at the claimed frequencies, but uptil now problems in
- packaging, cooling, and ability to fabricate have prevented cpus from
- successfully being built using this process.
-
- They have been funded by Apple, Itochu, and others.
-
- [info taken from article in Mercury News, San Jose, CA
-
-
- THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE IS PURE OPINION
-
- I would take this company seriously. In the short term they will not
- compete directly against Intel, as initially they will probably
- be aimed at the high end Workstation market.
-
- They will get support from both IBM and Apple, I don't understand how
- they could NOT get support. The PowerPC is otherwise having problems
- outperforming Pentiums, which is a large part of its mass attraction.
-
- Anyway I hope they kick some butt.
-
- BTW I am in no way affiliated with Exponential Tech Inc.
-
- Atul
- atul@cadence.com
-