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- From: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: The 64-bit CPU by Atari
- Date: 25 Dec 1992 09:10:10 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <92359.142646JJL101@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Reply-To: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
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- In a previous article, JJL101@psuvm.psu.edu (J.J. Lehett) says:
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- > On Tuesday evening Bob Brodie showed up to the Delphi conference. The
- >following questions and answers are paraphrased a bit, but are as close as
- >I remember them.
- > Q: Can you squash the rumor that Atari has designed a 64-bit CPU?
- > A: No, I can confirm that rumor as true.
-
- Wow, he actually CONFIRMED a rumor? I don't think I've EVER seen that
- done by anyone at Atari.
-
- And most surprisingly, it is actually a "64-bit CPU"?
-
- That would be kind of hard to believe.
-
- > Q: Will it be used in a future computer? (non-game console)
- > A: Its only logical a CPU be used in a computer.
-
-
- Then why didn't they use it in the Falcon to begin with?
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- Unless it is completely incompatible with it.
-
- > Q: Is it RISC or CISC based?
- > A: That would be risky to say. (notice the pun :)
-
- I guess it would HAVE to be RISC. But I'm still amazed that Brodie
- gave that much information.
-
- >
- > For me this was the first confirmation from Atari I have heard on this
- >64-bit chip as fact. The question still remains to me if this is really a CPU
- >or a GPU, and that I guess will remain to be seen, as has already been discusse
- >d a general CPU would be next to unbelievable.
- >
- >
- >------------------
- >J.J. Lehett : Atari's, puzzles, games, MIDI, fractals, Kawai K4's...
- >
- > - Work: JJL101@psuvm.psu.edu Penn State CAC
- > - Genie: J.LEHETT2
- > - Delphi: JLEHETT@delphi.com
- >
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