Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!wugate!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!mslater From: mslater@cup.portal.com (Michael Z Slater) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: 80686 workstation Message-ID: <23966@cup.portal.com> Date: 12 Nov 89 18:31:56 GMT References: <5002@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <5024@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <67@pldote.intel.com> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 14 >The i860 is a beautiful beast for intensive graphics. I've read stories in >the press of many companies being surprised at the performance of this chip, >and looking into using it. Check out a back issue of "Microprocessor Report". >They did a whole look at the device, and performance. It was sometime >in the summer I think. Microprocessor Report i860 coverage: Introduction and overview, March '89 Graphics unit evaluation, April '89 Marketing issues (is it a coprocessor?), Sept '89 Michael Slater, Microprocessor Report mslater@cup.portal.com 550 California Ave., Suite 320, Palo Alto, CA 94306 415/494-2677 fax: 415/494-3718