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From: roelof@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (R. Vuurboom)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: HOT CHIPS conference
Message-ID: <145@ssp1.idca.tds.philips.nl>
Date: 30 Jun 89 07:01:18 GMT
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In article <113277@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> khb@sun.UUCP (Keith Bierman - SPD Languages Marketing -- MTS) writes:
>In article <142@ssp1.idca.tds.philips.nl> roelof@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (R. Vuurboom) writes:
>>
>>
>>Anybody care to tell us poor folks who couldn't attend more about
>>the pearls and gems of wisdom that were delivered at the conference?
>
>Well, perhaps the general chair (Robert Steward, 1658 Belvioir Drive,
>Los Altos, CA 94022) can provide you with a means to order paper copies.
>
[Follows lots of goodies]

Thanks. He (or the committee) doesn't happen to have electronic mail addresses
by any chance?

>
>	i486 (if you liked the 386) now include FPU on board.
>	NexGen (really,really fast 386 multichip solution ... not 
>	        fully silicon yet)
>
Somebody asked a while back if the 68040 would kill the E2000 (a high
performance 680x0 cpu) I said I didn't think so and gave some arguments.

Anyway that means I get to ask this question:

Will the i486 kill the NexGen?

And these:

Whats the estimated performance differential between the two?
When is it planned to be not only fully silicon but fully tested?

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