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- From: jrsellec@socs.uts.edu.au (j r selleck)
- Subject: Re: 586 is used in machines and sold commercially
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- Organization: Computing Sciences, Uni of Technology, Sydney.
- References: <1992Nov07.133957.20543@donau.et.tudelft.nl> <BxGEu2.I1K@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 11:27:34 GMT
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- In the article (see below) the author is nt sure about 100MHz or 100 MIPS internally.
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- from what I have gathered it is 100 MIPS internally (greater than)
- The reasons I would say this is that an article in Australian Personal Computers said that the Intel Engineers where still 'cooking' them at 66 MHz.
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- Someone elses' article on here said that the 586 was going to perform 2 instructions per cycle.
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- If anyone 'KNOWS' different I would like to hear from them
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- James Selleck
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- ************** other article follows ****************** <-- someone else's copyright
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- kellmeye@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (kellmeyer steven l) writes:
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- >linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee) writes:
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- >>I just talked to a guy who claimed this. He also said it is
- >>a 64-bit risc-like processor. In fact 64-bit machines have been
- >>around for as much as 9 years now.
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- >PC Magazine had a couple articles on it in the last 3 months. Apparently
- >it's a superscalar CISC chip, i.e. capable of performing more than one
- >instruction per clock cycle. First superscalar CISC ever made, according
- >to the article (thus the possible confusion with superscalar RISC).
- >64 bit data bus, 32 bit internally running at > 100 Mhz (or > 100 MIPS,
- >I don't remember which - sorry :) 16Kb internal cache, 8KB for each of
- >the twin 32-bit portions of the 64-bit data bus. The FPU has been
- >rewritten to be quite a bit faster than the FPU in the 486.
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- >It's not released for production yet, but Compaq is putting together a
- >new motherboard to take advantage of the 586 design. IBM claims they
- >have a machine whose design will already take advantage of the 586, with
- >a few minor modifications.
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- >>See what you think about it. If you have such a 586 machine
- >>or know one who does, let me know.
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- >It's not exactly a 64 bit chip, it appears to be a VERY hyper 32-bit chip.
- >I don't know if there is a 586 instruction set as such.
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- >>Erik
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- >Steve Kellmeyer
- >>--
- >>Erik van Linstee | Delft University of Technology | I'll be back ...
- >>----
- >> We are god, 'cause only we can create the idea of his existence
- >> in our holy brains... (Yello)
- >--
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- >Steve Kellmeyer
- >kellmeye@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
- --
- jrsellec@syzygy.socs.uts.edu.au James Selleck
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- the former begets knowlegde, the latter ignorance." - Hippocrates
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