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- Path: sparky!uunet!pgroup!lfm
- From: lfm@pgroup.com (Larry Meadows)
- Subject: Re: Future of i860 line
- Message-ID: <Btr4Iz.GB9@pgroup.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 15:32:58 GMT
- References: <1992Aug28.162446.20124@crd.ge.com> <1992Aug28.182116.4396@megatek.com> <1992Aug29.031847.28867@nas.nasa.gov>
- Organization: The Portland Group, Portland, OR
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- In article <1992Aug29.031847.28867@nas.nasa.gov> klee@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (King M. Lee) writes:
- >
- >One reason why the i860(tm) did do better may be that good compilers
- >were not available when it was first introduced. It would have been
- >better for the i860 if they had developed compilers while designing
- >the chip. The compilers have improved, but it may be too late.
-
- Are you listening, Intel?
-
- >
- >Of all the modern micros, the i860(tm) is the only one I know of
- >that allows one to bypass cache. There are two instructions to
-
- Yes! Very good point. If you can't bypass cache then you have
- to hope/arrange for re-use, which is much harder.
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- Larry Meadows The Portland Group
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