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- From: friedman@col.hp.com (John Friedman)
- Subject: Re: Successor to i860?
- Sender: news@col.hp.com (Usenet News)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.142327.19992@col.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:23:27 GMT
- References: <1992Jul24.051517.177756@zeus.calpoly.edu>
- Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
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- mneideng@thidwick.acs.calpoly.edu (Mark Neidengard) writes:
- > This goes out to all the people in the know at or around Intel: Does Intel
- > have any plans to further improve the i860, or to produce future generations
- > of the design? Or does it have some other RISC chip simmering on the back
- > burner besides the Px (x86) line?
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- There are already 2 i860 chips out there - the i860XR (first one) and the
- i860XP (newer one). The XP is a MUCH improved processor, IMHO.
-
- John Friedman
- friedman@col.hp.com
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