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- From: ema62855@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Erica M Anthony)
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- Subject: Re: FWD: Fate of 68080
- Date: 26 Jan 1996 16:57:24 GMT
- Organization: University of Central Florida
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- I saw the same information about Exponential in PowerPC News. They are
- using mostly Bi-Polar CMOS for their chips (as opposed to conventional
- design, which uses Bi-Polar CMOS only for the most speed-crtical
- portions). They claim that their new process eliminates the previous
- problems with Bi-CMOS, such as heat dissipation, and allows them to
- mass-produce their chips in much the same way as normal CMOS chips. They
- claim that this will keep their chips competive in price with other
- PowerPC chips. They only claimed double the clock rate, not three times;
- and they don't have a license to manufacture the PowerPC chips yet.
-
- Just passing it on.
-
- Jude
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