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- From: songer@lexmark.com (Christopher Songer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: New RISC chip?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov06.150042.170636@lexmark.com>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 15:00:42 GMT
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- swiet@syzygy.cs.jhu.edu (Alexander Swietlicki) writes:
- > [ ... ]
- >the IMS3250 which is supposed to run at 100 Mhz, 90 Mips,
- >and be able to emulate both a 486@25Mhz and a 68040@30Mhz. Here's the
- >kicker: it's supposed to cost between $50 and $60 in production quantities.
- >Wonder what effect this'll have on the industry?
- >
-
- More costly memory subsystems :) After all, imagine the "going to memory"
- penalty you'll pay at 100MHz. Better have a big cache. I can't wait to
- see how DEC lays out the memory for its Alpha boards. A 200MHz processor
- is going to have a voracious data and instruction appetite.
-
- -Chris
-