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- From: wbeebe@bilver.uucp (Bill Beebe)
- Subject: Re: Pentium to be Scrapped?!
- Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 14:13:41 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.141341.14320@bilver.uucp>
- References: <1993Jan6.235812.18764@netcom.com> <DOCONNOR.93Jan7094831@potato.sedona.intel.com>
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- In article <DOCONNOR.93Jan7094831@potato.sedona.intel.com> doconnor@sedona.intel.com (Dennis O'Connor) writes:
-
- >This is an idiotic rumor. No part in the 960 architecture will EVER
- >replace the x86 line. Where did you hear such lunacy ?
-
- Perhaps not replace it. But was not the original 960KA/KB designed at
- the same time as the 386, and did not the 960KB's FPU heavily influence
- the 80387?
-
- >Now whether something else will replace the "P5" chip, and when that
- >might happen, I can't say. But you can be sure it will execute
- >the Intel486(tm) instruction set.
-
- We are all awaiting the Pentium.
-
- Question: Will the IBM triple-clocked 486 match the performance of the
- first Pentium's integer performance?
-
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