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- From: bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Amiga 5000
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.110610.90662@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 11:06:10 +1100
- References: <gsanders.02nl@ftord.UUCP> <1992Nov17.094121.90614@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au> <1992Nov17.182333@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de>
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- meixner@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Matthias Meixner) writes:
- > bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes:
- >> gsanders@ftord.UUCP (Garnett Sanders) writes:
- >> > I know the Amiga 4000 just came out afew weeks ago! But before it did, there
- >> > was talk about the Amiga 5000. Is there anyone out there that has some info on
- >> > it????? (something about 64 bit ram???)
- >>
- >> Well, 64 bit ram is only worthwhile if you have a 64 bit CPU. With
- >> this in mind, the options are, a 64 bit 680x0 (not available yet) or a new
- >> CPU (RISC perhaps, eg MIPS R4000). Since C= has only just come out with
- >> full 32 bit systems, it's probably a bit soon to start talking about a 64
- >> bit machine (it would need a new 64 bit Zorro bus amongst other things).
- >>
- >
- > I remeber that there was/is a transputerchip from Inmos that is internally only
- > 32 bit, but has a 64 bit databus /64 bit ram for speeding up the ram access.
- > Therefore 64 bit ram is also useful for faster ram-access.
-
- True, but how many CPU chips do this, and how many of those are
- likely to be used as an Amiga CPU?
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