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From: jbreeden@netcom.UUCP (John Breeden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 106 mip PC
Message-ID: <12703@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jul 90 15:09:28 GMT
References: <13765@shlump.nac.dec.com>
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In article <13765@shlump.nac.dec.com> reisert@ricks.enet.dec.com (Jim Reisert) writes:
>It seems hard for my tiny brain to fathom that the quad processor system
>runs *more than* 4 times faster than 4 individual processors (4x26=104
>MIPS).  If this is indeed true, we'll be seeing some interesting patents
>coming out of AT&T.
>

Ok, ok. It's REALLY 26.5 mips per proccessor (x 4 = 106). Oh yea, thanks for
reminding me, AT&T DOES have some interesting patents around this box.

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