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- From: isc10085@nusunix1.nus.sg (NG YENG YONG)
- Subject: Re: 486slc in HK / IBM's 486slc2
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.090403.28385@nuscc.nus.sg>
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- Organization: National University of Singapore
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- References: <1993Jan11.003637.28817@dvorak.amd.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 09:04:03 GMT
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- Thomas D. Barrett (tdbear@dvorak.amd.com) wrote:
- : In article <1993Jan9.143517.6052@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> wai@mackinac.ecn.purdue.edu (Benjamin Wai) writes:
- :
- : > Is this 486slc2 to 486slc the same as comparing
- : > DX2 with DX? Or have I misread something?
- :
- : This *is* confusing and I can't figure out why in the world IBM would
- : have gone ahead with their plans to use such similar chip names.
- : Anyway... the IBM chip is most likely their own 486 (they have full
- : rights to the 486 and the 486 microcode for their own use and to sell
- : to anyone on PC Boards... OEMs or end-users). The "slc" part means
- : that it is low power. I doubt if it is a Cyrix.
-
- The IBM version of 486slc and 486slc2 are fully functional and
- identical to the INTEL counteparts, conforming to INTEL's Chip
- specifications and microcode. As for the IBM 386slc, they have 16Kb
- on-chip cache, but for 486slc, I have no idea. But definitely, It is not
- a Cyrix but an INTEL for sure.
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- Best regards,
- Steve
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