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- From: glew@pdx007.intel.com (Andy Glew)
- Subject: Re: 486DX light in a 486SX tunnel.
- In-Reply-To: tmcreek@eos.ncsu.edu's message of Wed, 19 Aug 1992 23:21:05 GMT
- Message-ID: <GLEW.92Aug19235845@pdx007.intel.com>
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- Organization: Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon
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- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 07:58:45 GMT
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- >To get your 486sx you buy a chip which is a functional 486dx with the
- >co-pro disabled (yes more work than a regular 486dx - yet cheaper!).
-
- In case y'all haven't heard, the original i486sx's were, indeed, just
- the dx with FP disabled.
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- But the i486sx's now rolling out of the factory actually have the FP
- *removed*. This makes the die smaller, providing higher yield and
- lower cost. And they are compatible with the original i486sx's.
-
- Can you say "evolutionary strategy"?
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- Andy Glew, glew@ichips.intel.com
- Intel Corp., M/S JF1-19, 5200 NE Elam Young Pkwy,
- Hillsboro, Oregon 97124-6497
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