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From: rhl@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Robert Hartill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel,comp.arch
Subject: 286/386 clock frequencies, highest ? + other stuff
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Date: 1 Nov 90 16:55:39 GMT
Sender: rhl@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Robert Hartill)
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I'm currently comparing the intel iAPX 286 and 386 processors with the view
to writing a real-time operating system in protected mode.

I've come accross an article which comes to the conclussion that a '286 is
as fast as a '386 (with same clock frequencies).

What are the highest clock frequencies in use for these processors ?
I'm not interested in special cases where a some huge clock speed has
been achieved in a test, etc.

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What kind of performance improvment can be achieved using with the fastest
386 clock frequency relative to the fastest 286 ?

Any comments, suggestions, references that any of you think might be of 
interest to me will be appreciated.

Thanks,

	Robert Hartill