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- From: doconnor@sedona.intel.com (Dennis O'Connor)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
- Subject: Re: i860 vs. i960
- Date: 18 Nov 92 08:10:27
- Organization: Intel i960(tm) Architecture
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- Message-ID: <DOCONNOR.92Nov18081027@potato.sedona.intel.com>
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- In-reply-to: esky@marathon.cs.ucla.edu's message of Tue, 17 Nov 92 23:39:54 GMT
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- the Intel i860(tm) and i960(R) processor families are not related
- to each other. The i860 processors are intended for "scientific"
- applications ( i.e. those with tons of FPU work ). The i960 family
- of processors, ranges from the low-cost i960 SA microprocessor,
- to the world's first commercially-available superscalar microprocessor
- ( the i960 CA and the follow-on CF ), to the military-standard
- i960 XA and MX processors. These are intended for "embedded computing"
- applications, like Postscript interpretation, smart bridges/routers,
- and avionics.
-
- Given the vast difference in the intended markets for the products,
- you can imagine the architectures are very different, and they are.
- Both are "RISCy", and both are 32-bit, and both are from Intel :
- other than that, they don't have a lot in common.
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- Dennis O'Connor doconnor@sedona.intel.com
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