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From: tpf@jdyx.UUCP (Tom Friedel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Cyrix FasMath CX-83D87 80387 replacement with 386/Unix
Message-ID: <1989Nov29.215150.53@jdyx.UUCP>
Date: 29 Nov 89 21:51:50 GMT
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Organization: JDyx Enterprises (Atlanta GA)
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Has anyone used this chip with 386/ix?  From the manual, "Cyrix
CX-83D87 is a CMOS VLSI integrated circuit that is pin compatible
and software compatible with the 80387, yet ... achieves 4 to 10
times greater performance ... by implementing floating point primitives
operation in hardware."  
Given one floating point intensive process (a ray trace) I am 
wondering what performance difference I would see?

Tom tpf@jdyx.UUCP
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