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- From: mats@netcom.com (Mats Wichmann)
- Subject: Re: i486SL Laptops/Notebooks/Sub-Notebooks
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.055059.17796@netcom.com>
- Keywords: i486SL, intel
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Dec14.081146.23756@reed.edu>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 05:50:59 GMT
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- rseymour@reed.edu (Robert Seymour) writes:
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-
- > I'm looking at buying a laptop or notebook computer, and I want one
- >with a i486SL cpu. For those of you who don't know, the i486SL is a 3.3V low
- >power i486 cpu series released by intel last month. It has the 8K cache, cache
- >controller, risc integer core, and FPU same as the i486DX series. It is a
- >wonderful chip with the power of a full i486DX (though not superpipelining) and
- >lower power requirements than a i386SL! If it's used with high capicity Nickel
- >Hydride (NiH) or Lithium Polymer (Li-Polymer) batteries, it will have a *very*
- >long battery span.
-
- Existing 3.3V 386 and 486 (non-Intel) chips have not had a huge market to
- date, primarily, I've heard, because of the lack of components to match
- with it - most stuff is still 5V. An Intel release is sure to speed up
- the release of matching components, but it still means quite bit of new
- stuff, which means systems may be scarce for a while...
- --
- Mats Wichmann
- Unisoft Corporation
- mats@unisoft.com (or mats@netcom.com)
-
- Silly Disclaimer: speaking only for myself, except when I'm not.
-