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From: kvj@rhi.hi.is (Kristjan Valur Jonsson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: ARM4
Message-ID: <2577@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
Date: 27 Dec 90 15:11:32 GMT
References: <1990Dec21.031201.3334@odin.diku.dk> <1990Dec21.172006.14061@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
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In <1990Dec21.172006.14061@watdragon.waterloo.edu> gcwilliams@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Graeme Williams) writes:

>In article <1990Dec21.031201.3334@odin.diku.dk> seifert@freja.diku.dk (Michael Seifert) writes:
>>Wish you all a merry Xmas, happy new year, and a great summer vacation.
>>May even more and better hard/software be developed for the Archi in the
>>year to come (ARM 4 or affordable FPA would be really nice)
>               ^^^^^
>This is not the first time I've seen an ARM4 reference - presumably
>there is an ARM4 under development. Anyone know anything about it ??
>(like it's clock speed for instance)

It is only logical to believe that after the ARM3 comes an ARM4.
After all, ARM Ltd. are not expected to sit idle handed.
But then again, What can be done to improve on the ARM3's spec.?
Are there some incredible performance techniques out there just
waiting to be inplemented in a new ARM? What makes other RISC processors
that fast (those that are faster than the ARM that is, which means most of
them, I understand.), for example?

K.V.J




>Graeme Williams
>gcwilliams@watdragon.waterloo.edu