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- From: cjolley@iac.net (Carl Jolley)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.programmer,no.amiga
- Subject: Re: FWD: Fate of 68080
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- Date: 12 Jan 1996 22:09:22 -0500
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- Udo K Schuermann (walrus@wam.umd.edu) wrote:
- : 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?
-
- Actually Motorola has been producing MCM4 type ASIC's for years. The
- use of combo bipolar/CMOS chips is real. It is, and has been for some
- time shipping in commercial products. It's use has been primarily for
- "mainframes" (whatever that is any more) and one of its primary advantages
- is that it allows building of large mainframe class computers that are
- air cooled (actually using impinged air).
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