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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!gumby!destroyer!ubc-cs!utcsri!torn!csd.unb.ca!morgan.ucs.mun.ca!nstn.ns.ca!fox!maceache
  3. From: maceache@fox.nstn.ns.ca (Tim Maceachern)
  4. Subject: Re: Successor to i860XP???
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug18.123732.16517@nstn.ns.ca>
  6. Sender: usenet@nstn.ns.ca (NNTP Entity)
  7. Organization: NSTN Network Operations Centre, Nova Scotia, Canada
  8. References: <1992Aug15.012125.176101@zeus.calpoly.edu> <Bt0AKM.4zz@pix.com> <l8par7INN1s5@spim.mips.com>
  9. Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 12:37:32 GMT
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  12. (re: i860 floating point being used in P5)
  13.  
  14. I hope that Intel can fix the 860 FP unit before incorporating it into
  15. P5.  The paranoia FP test suite has some disparaging things to say about
  16. the i860s in an Alliant I worked on...
  17.  
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  19. *         Tim MacEachern         * Tim_MacEachern@hawk.nstn.ns.ca *
  20. *     Software Kinetics Ltd.     *  or maceache@hawk.nstn.ns.ca   *
  21. * Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada *                                *
  22. *           Opinions expressed are the author's only              *
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