Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!milano!peyote!woan
From: woan@peyote.cactus.org (Ronald S. Woan)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: /286 processor speeds:question
Summary: 286 runs faster than 8088/86/v20
Message-ID: <270@peyote.cactus.org>
Date: 15 Nov 89 04:48:27 GMT
References: <3492@vax1.tcd.ie>
Organization: Capital Area Central Texas Unix Society, Austin, TX
Lines: 16


The 8 MHz '286 system will run about twice as fast as any of the 8088
based systems at the same clock rate because of its 16 vs. 8-bit datapath.
Actually it does a little better for because it executes some
instructions in fewer cycles and has a extended instruction set that
speeds program execution (given that your application uses '28
instructions). Anyways, the '286 machines cost very little more
and are generally worth it for their increased throughput from 16 bit
I/O.

					Ron
-- 
+-----All Views Expressed Are My Own And Are Not Necessarily Shared By------+
+------------------------------My Employer----------------------------------+
+ Ronald S. Woan       @cs.utexas.edu:ibmaus!auschs!woan.austin.ibm.com!ron +
+ second choice:                                     woan@peyote.cactus.org +