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From: gor@cs.strath.ac.uk (Gordon Russell)
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Subject: Second-generation RISC
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Date: 15 Mar 91 11:30:56 GMT
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Hi there.....

   Does anyone out their have any additional information concerning the
PgC7600 microprocessor, other than the overview given by BYTE (March 1991).

   Just to recap, it is a fast RISC processor, created by a new British
company named PGC, which has been designed as a secod generation RISC
processor. The PgC7600 will reportedly ru at 160 MIPS, a speed made possible
by integrating numerous support chips into the processor. The core of the
device runs asynchronously (unclocked), communicating to the outside
world by on-chip interface devices.

   I am interested in its register windowing system, actual performance,
if it actually exists now, and anything else about the device.

   The review in BYTE is a little difficult to find, but it is a sizable
review, and can be located on page 90IS-109.

   Any replies welcome.

   Gordon Russell, PhD Student
        University of Strathclyde
        Glasgow
        Scotland.