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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Am386 release?
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Date: 14 Mar 91 18:30:06 GMT
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In article <1991Mar13.195943.18007@amd.com>, phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>In article <009458A1.42C717A0@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU> sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney) writes:
>|Euhh, there's two types of Am386. One is the 40Mhz "hot" chip; the other a
>|25Mhz CMOS implementation. I don't think they've put the 40Mhzer into CMOS
>|(yet). 
>
>What process do you think the 40 MHz chip is? 

Dunno. Normal? :) My brain draws a blank and I don't have Mr. Byte at hand.

>What is your source of information? 

InfoWorld and Byte. I didn't memorize either one (covering my rear...). 

>Where would a 33 MHz chip fit in your view of AMD's plans?

If they develop a low-power version, they'll kill off the castrated, er 386SXes
and compete with the castrated '486 (er: SXes) in laptops & luggables. Also
might be a nice toy to put into a calculator :-)

The real question in my mind: Where does AMD go with the '386 from here? Do
they put the math co-processor and some cache on-chip? Do they go head-to-head
with Intel and (at some point) put multiple '386es on a chip? HOPEfully, they
will "crank the clock" and offer a broad range of products from low power, low
speed (25Mhz) to high power (50+Mhz) within the next year.  

     Reform may be dying in the Soviet Union, but we have the right to 
                introduce it to the DECUS Board of Directors. 

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