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From: borasky@ogicse.ogi.edu (M. Edward Borasky)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Let's pretend
Keywords: Intel, 586, windows
Message-ID: <15145@ogicse.ogi.edu>
Date: 18 Dec 90 18:23:43 GMT
References: <3042@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <1990Dec18.082623.16648@kithrup.COM>
Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute (formerly OGC), Beaverton, OR
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>In article <3042@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>, davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) writes:
>>  What features should be put into the CPU to improve performance and
>>reduce chip count?
I thought the way to improve performance was to REMOVE features!  And
the fewer CHIPS that make up a CPU, the slower it is for a given tech-
nology.  I think they made a mistake putting the co-processor ON CHIP;
surely it would be faster if the floating point were done in a \
specialized unit (386/387 style).  That way you can get faster floating
point with other peoples' coprocessors (Weitek, for example).