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- From: brandonl@gold.gvg.tek.com (Brandon Lovested)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: 68050
- Message-ID: <5504@gold.gvg.tek.com>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 00:00:43 GMT
- References: <1992Oct30.130758.18521@fourd.com> <1992Nov2.195659.7937@nwnexus.WA.COM> <1992Nov3.081011.7533@ee.rochester.edu>
- Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA
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- I doubt you'll see a 68050.
- You'll see a 68060.
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- Odd numbered chip revs are intended for maturing the architecture.
- People are telling Motorola to skip the '050, and head on to the '060.
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- My source, which we will can Mr. X, has said that Motorola is doing just
- that.
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- Interesting approach. CISC is not dead.
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- P.S.: Mr.X was an alias. It's really Mr. Smithy.
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