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From: jeh@sisd.kodak.com (Ed Hanway)
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Subject: Re: 68010
Keywords: 68010 and 2000's
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Date: 12 Nov 90 14:37:38 GMT
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tmd@AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM (Tom Davis) writes:
>In article <15556@brahms.udel.edu>, jeremym@brahms.udel.edu (Jeremy
>A Moskowitz) writes:
>
>> Could someone pease tell me the implications of exchanging a
>> 68000 with a 68010 on the B2000 rev 4.2?
>
>For what it's worth, about the only thing a 68010 buys you over a 68000
>is that it has a small instruction cache that will speed up very tight
>loops.

The 68010 also has improved microcode for the multiply and/or divide
instructions (I forget exactly which ones).  Operations that involve a lot
of integer multiplication and division will run faster, although the
increased speed is not all that noticeable unless you run side-by-side with a
68000.

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