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- From: wfblan@netcom.com (Wells Fargo Bank)
- Subject: Re: FWD: Fate of 68080
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- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 13:53:17 GMT
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- 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 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
- 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)
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