home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!chinacat!chip
- From: chip@chinacat.unicom.com (Chip Rosenthal)
- Subject: Re: Request Info Re Bus Trends & Intel 486s
- Organization: Unicom Systems Development, Austin, TX
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 07:54:43 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.075443.22693@chinacat.unicom.com>
- References: <rjmartin.711191773@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> <MKAHN.92Jul22091003@hopi.sedona.intel.com>
- Lines: 14
-
- In article <MKAHN.92Jul22091003@hopi.sedona.intel.com>
- mkahn@hopi.sedona.intel.com (Mitch Kahn) writes:
- >The 486SX used to have a dead (or disabled FPU). They now have no FPU at all.
- >When the production ramp warranted, the FPU was removed to save on die cost.
-
- This would imply that the 486 layout is not pad constrained. I would
- have assumed it is because...well...it *always* seems to work out that
- way. Can anybody comment? What are the current 486DX and 486SX die
- sizes.
-
- --
- Chip Rosenthal 512-482-8260 | Let the wayward children play. Let the wicked
- Unicom Systems Development | have their day. Let the chips fall where they
- <chip@chinacat.Unicom.COM> | may. I'm going to Disneyland. -Timbuk 3
-