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- From: richard@chemeng.stanford.edu (Richard Schiek)
- Subject: Alpha speed?
- Message-ID: <RICHARD.92Nov12152902@chemeng.stanford.edu>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
- Date: 12 Nov 92 15:29:02
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- In all the technical blurbs for the new DEC Alpha chip, they call it a
- 300MHz chip. Yet, in all the new systems that DEC is shipping, the
- chip is running at 140 MHz max. Why is it called a 300MHz chip when
- only 140 MHz systems are for sale? Is there a problem with getting
- other components (ie memory) to work with a chip this fast, or is the
- chip lifetime too short to be feasible at 300 MHz.
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- Thanks,
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- Rich Schiek
- richard@chemeng.Stanford.EDU
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