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- From: clark%asylum.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Charles Clark)
- Subject: Re: Why shouldn't I buy Cyrix
- Date: 11 Sep 92 21:20:21 MDT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.212021.22690@hellgate.utah.edu>
- Followup-To: comp.sys.intel
- Summary: Clock Doubling and the Cx486DLC
- Sender: Charles Clark
- Organization: University of Utah, Dept. of Computer Science
- References: <81.327.uupcb@pcb.batpad.lgb.ca.us> <Bu9urG.7zu@nntp-sc.Intel.COM> <92252.163135I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET> <markg.11.716181526@county.lmt.mn.org>
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- Mark Gilbert offers some info about the Cx486DLC from the uP report:
- >Here is some information about the chip from the Microprocessor Report. The
- >Cyrix 486DLC does not include any on-chip floating point hardware. It does
- [Lots deleted]...
- >Cyrix will also offer 33 MHz and 40 MHz versions of the 486DLC, which may
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- According to articles in PC Week and InfoWorld, which appeared in June '92,
- Cyrix intended to sell clock-doubling versions of their 486DLC as upgrades
- for 386DX based machines. Cyrix demonstrated a clock-doubling chip, running
- in a Compaq PC designed for the 386DX, at PC Expo. The article notes that
- no BIOS changes were necessary for the upgrade. They had 16/32 and 20/40
- MHz versions, and were working on a 25/50 MHz processor, according to the
- articles. A retail version was to be available in 4Q '92.
-
- Are the 33 MHz and 40 MHz versions of the 486DLC clock-doubling processors?
-
- --Charles
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