Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!decwrl!nsc!taux01!tasu53!gideon From: gideon@tasu53.UUCP (Gideon Intrater) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: National Semiconductor's Swordfish microprocessor Message-ID: <5430@taux01.nsc.com> Date: 21 Feb 91 11:44:02 GMT References: <49343@apple.Apple.COM> <1991Feb20.210752.19367@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com> Sender: netnews@taux01.nsc.com Reply-To: gideon@nsc.nsc.com (Gideon Intrater) Organization: National Semiconductor (IC) Ltd, Israel Lines: 18 In article <1991Feb20.210752.19367@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com> adamj@kon-tiki.awdpa.ibm.com (Adam J. Richter) writes: > > Does National Semiconductor's "Swordfish" microprocessor include >an MMU? > > --Adam J. Richter > adam@soda.berkeley.edu No we don't have an MMU. Again, we target the processor for imaging embedded applications, where an MMU is usually not required. Our main design goal was to deliver as much performance at a low system cost. The Swordfish delivers more than 110,000 dhrystones/sec on a 25Mhz bus. Gideon Intrater Gideon Intrater gideon@nsc.nsc.com National Semiconductor, P.O.Box 3007, Herzlia B 46104, Israel Phone: +972-52-522255, Fax: +972-52-558322 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com