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From: rbn@umd5.umd.edu (Ron Natalie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.m88k
Subject: Re: Processors for parallel architectures?
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Date: 18 Jul 90 02:59:35 GMT
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While the lack of cache coherency makes multiprocessor work on the i860
interesting, it by no means disqualifies it from multiprocessor work.
I am working now on a multiprocessor i860 system.  Of course, Intel has
realiazed this draw back and is fixing this in the follow on chip.
I think the other advantages of the i860 make it more interesting the
the 88000 anyway.  You have to realize that having the chips doing
cache coherency accross the intercpu bus has it's own design issues
as well.

-Ron