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- From: walrus@wam.umd.edu (Udo K Schuermann)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.programmer,no.amiga
- Subject: Re: FWD: Fate of 68080
- Date: 11 Jan 1996 18:03:55 GMT
- Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
- Message-ID: <4d3jeb$m4a@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu>
- References: <4ctbjv$js6@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> <867.6583T1061T1835@norconnect.no> <wfblanDL0rwt.JK6@netcom.com>
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- In article <wfblanDL0rwt.JK6@netcom.com>,
- Wells Fargo Bank <wfblan@netcom.com> wrote:
- >Kenneth C. Nilsen (kenneth@norconnect.no) wrote:
- >
- >: >Maybe Amiga Technologies should still have a look at using HP, DEC or
- >: >possibly ARM. Then again, Amiga Tech could join Apple and benefit from
- >: >helping to design PowerPC chips...
-
- I think the RISC wars are over for the moment, until someone else comes up
- with something truly revolutionary. PowerPC simply has the acceptance of
- the market and that's what's needed now: adhering to as many standards as
- possible without sacrificing that which makes the Amiga an Amiga. Keep in
- mind that the AmigaOS is a lot leaner than Windoze or the MacOS, to name
- two popular OSs. The Amiga will outperform these other OSs on equivalent
- CPUs. Of that, I have no doubt.
-
- >: 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?
- >
- >As I understand it, the company that has mentioned the 700MHz PowerPC type
- >CPU has stated that it will be able to go that fast, "in theory". In other
- >words, it is still vapor-ware. True milage might be well over 300MHz
- >though. Any such 'jump' would be nice. Its a combination of CMOS and
- >Bi-Polar technology. Don't have all the info, but while CMOS requires less
- ^^^^^^^^
- What? A Manic-Depressive CPU?
- "I'm sorry, Udo, I'm afraid I don't feel like running IBrowse today...
- whoops! Heck, mate, forget that!!!! Let's run twenty copies of it and
- play some heavy-metal at triple speed, eh? Whoopee!"
-
- (ummmm, sorry!
- My apologies especially to those affected by Bi-Polarism)
-
- >power or RAM or some such thing, the Bi-Polar technology is faster even if
- >it is bloated or power-hungry. Supposedly the combination of the two
- >technologies will be much faster than standard CMOS PowerPC CPU's and won't
- >require a horribly increased amount of whatever it is that it requires. :)
- >
- > Rob Bamford
- > (wfblan@netcom.com)
-
- Thanks, Rob! Your explanation is appreciated! I'm sure that in the year
- 2050 we'll all be running on 250GHz fiber optic neural networks, so I do
- not doubt that 700MHz is possible. The question is how many years before
- Bi-Polar/CMOS technology becomes reality. Anyone know what's actually
- involved?
-
- |._.|_ Udo Schuermann "The future's not what it used to be!"
- |(:)| ) walrus@wam.umd.edu -- Narn Ambassador G'Kar
- |_:_|/ http://www.wam.umd.edu/~walrus/ Babylon 5, "The Long Dark"
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