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From: david@kessner.denver.co.us (David Kessner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: i486 / 100 Mhz
Message-ID: <1991Feb25.184158.5302@kessner.denver.co.us>
Date: 25 Feb 91 18:41:58 GMT
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In article <1031@tuura.UUCP> mattij@tuura.UUCP (Matti Joutkoski) writes:
>Intel just showed up 100 MHz version about 80486 in some conference
>at California.
>
>Does anyone have a little bit more information about that processor,
>when it might be finally 'released' aso...
>
>Matti Joutkoski, mattij@yj.data.nokia.fi, tel. + 358-0-5673866.

Intel has said several times that they do not intend to release the 
100mhz version of the 486.  The confrence (ISSACS?) is intended to show off
'mostly working' technologies that may/maynot be actualy released.

It was important for Intel to show this technology since it demonstrates that 
the CISC design can keep up with the RISC designes.

It is interesting to note that the 100mhz 486 is 1/4 the size of the 33 mhz 
part-- which IMPLIES that chips will soon be holding 4 million transistors.

					- David K

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