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- From: terjem@stud.cs.uit.no (Terje Normann Marthinussen)
- Subject: Re: Any News on the new Motorola Chip?
- References: <hanscs.74.727431258@dhhalden.no> <C18o89.6MA@cs.columbia.edu> <uzun.727731510@crash.cts.com> <1993Jan26.124755.6186@city.cs>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:40:24 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.124755.6186@city.cs>, lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun) writes:
- >uzun@crash.cts.com (Roger Uzun) writes:
- >>The 68060 will not deliver 100 MIPS at 25Mhz, because its lowest speed
- >>will be 50Mhz. They are planning only 50Mhz and faster versions of
- >>the chip. Motorola quotes that, with an 060 aware compiler, a 50Mhz
- >>060 will provide 3.5X the performance of a 25Mhz 040.
- >>This is direct from motorola. I can state with 100% certainty that
- >>NO 060 slower than 50Mhz is currently planned.
- >
- >Hhhmm. This means the 060 is only 75% faster than an 040, while
- >the 040 is about 300% faster than an 030. (At the same clock speed
- >of course). And the 030 is also about 300% faster than the 000.
- >Does this mean 680X0 design is reaching a plateau?
-
- Probably when it comes to a number of clock cycles per. instruction but I believe
- it could be quite a bit faster by increasing clock speed.
-
- I think I read somwhere recently that a 66Mhz version of 060 might be approx
- 100 MIPS.
-
- Terje Marthinussen
- terjem@stud.cs.uit.no
-