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- From: martin@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU (Psigon Matrix....do you DOUBT us??)
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- Subject: Re: Any News on the new Motorola Chip?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.154037.2205@msus1.msus.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 09:40:36 GMT
- Article-I.D.: msus1.1993Jan26.154037.2205
- 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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- 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?
-
- Nah, just means you have to wait for another ODD numbered motorolla
- chip for that 300% increase.. :)
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- >
- >--
- > ________ Lionel Tun, lionel@cs.city.ac.uk ________
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-
- Jim
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