Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!orca!javelin.es.com!javelin!cpetterb From: cpetterb@glacier.sim.es.com (Cary Petterborg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Amiga Custom Chips - why hasn't C= made them faster? Message-ID: Date: 2 Apr 91 15:51:51 GMT Sender: news@javelin.es.com Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. Lines: 18 Nntp-Posting-Host: mickey.sim.es.com The Amiga has been out for years now. There have been improvements made to the custom chips, Agnus in particular. But, I am amazed at the fact that their clock speed, etc. has remained the same. In an industry where last years chip runs twice as fast this year, C= sure has sat back on their b*tts as far as performance is concerned. Is it because they aren't willing to invest any more money into the technology because they can sell so many A500's as they are now? What gives? Certainly the technology exists to speed them up. Cary PS. Sorry if this has already been discussed much. I just got back to reading this and other Amiga newsgroups. -- _______________ Cary Petterborg (801)582-5847 x6446 Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. Simulation Division SLC, UT 84108 UUCP: ...!uunet!sim.es.com!cpetterb *NET: cpetterb@glacier.sim.es.com