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- From: sysmgr@king.eng.umd.edu (Doug Mohney)
- Subject: Re: 486DX light in a 486SX tunnel.
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.155309.17065@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 15:53:09 GMT
- Organization: Computer Aided Design Lab, U. of Maryland College Park
- References: <IeYSMJK00Voz8Vf8ZN@andrew.cmu.edu> <1992Aug19.155448.18248@ilinx.wimsey.bc.ca> <1992Aug19.232105.2816@ncsu.edu>,<GLEW.92Aug19235845@pdx007.intel.com>
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- In article <GLEW.92Aug19235845@pdx007.intel.com>, glew@pdx007.intel.com (Andy Glew) writes:
- >>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.
- >
- >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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- Can you say competition from AMD & Cyrix? :-)
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