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- From: kenneth@norconnect.no (Kenneth C. Nilsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.programmer,no.amiga
- Subject: Re: FWD: Fate of 68080
- Date: 12 Jan 1996 15:40:03 +0100
- Organization: NorConnect Internet Services AS
- Message-ID: <1137.6585T196T2370@norconnect.no>
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- >: 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?
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- >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. :)
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- Ok, things seems to get movin' :)
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