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From: dhinds@portia.Stanford.EDU (David Hinds)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Is there such a thing as ....?
Keywords: 386SX 20 MHz.
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Date: 23 Mar 90 01:07:49 GMT
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In article <2540@rodan.acs.syr.edu>, avilla@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Aldo Villa) writes:
> I didn't know that Intel manifactures a 386SX CPU running at 20MHz ...
> 
> Is there anybody on this network able to confirm or disconfirm the above 
> information?

    Intel has announced the 20MHz 80386SX, and also a version of their
cache controller for the SX.  I saw a claim somewhere that the cached SX
at 20MHz had performance roughly equal to an uncached 20MHz 386DX.  I
don't think the memory speed of the 386DX system was mentioned, though.
I would make sure that the system you mention actually uses the 20MHz part
and not a pushed 16MHz chip.  Pushed 20MHz systems have been available for
a long time.

 -David Hinds
  dhinds@popserver.stanford.edu