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- From: kenneth@norconnect.no (Kenneth C. Nilsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.programmer,no.amiga
- Subject: FWD: Fate of 68080
- Date: 9 Jan 1996 01:26:31 +0100
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- Thought this might be in interrest for you all.
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- I know.. there'll soon be a PPC, but..
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- Originally from : Uk Leem <imugi@nuri.net>
- Subject ........: Fate of 68080
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- The 68080 will be released in 1997 but of no more
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- market value. The 060 is 3-5 times more expensive
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- than the i960 while no FPU at that price.
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- The 080 will NOT include a FPU without explicit
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- volume orders. I think the 080 will be something like
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- an intelligent DMA controller but will find no more use
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- anywhere.
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- The production capability of motorola has fallen below
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- that of AMD; 0.35micron fab will not start producing before
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- 1998 while all Korean manufacturers offer such ASICs.
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- Too bad...
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