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- From: lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun)
- Subject: Re: Any News on the new Motorola Chip?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.124755.6186@city.cs>
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- Organization: City University, London
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 12:47:55 GMT
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- uzun@crash.cts.com (Roger Uzun) writes:
- >The 68060 will not deliver 100 MIPS at 25Mhz, because its lowest speed
- >will be 50Mhz. They are planning only 50Mhz and faster versions of
- >the chip. Motorola quotes that, with an 060 aware compiler, a 50Mhz
- >060 will provide 3.5X the performance of a 25Mhz 040.
- >This is direct from motorola. I can state with 100% certainty that
- >NO 060 slower than 50Mhz is currently planned.
-
- Hhhmm. This means the 060 is only 75% faster than an 040, while
- the 040 is about 300% faster than an 030. (At the same clock speed
- of course). And the 030 is also about 300% faster than the 000.
- Does this mean 680X0 design is reaching a plateau?
-
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