Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!stanford.edu!neon.Stanford.EDU!torrie From: torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXT to go with 88K (?) Message-ID: <1991Apr11.003015.10578@neon.Stanford.EDU> Date: 11 Apr 91 00:30:15 GMT References: <151480@pyramid.pyramid.com> Sender: torrie@neon.Stanford.EDU (Evan James Torrie) Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Ca , USA Lines: 32 melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: >In article <151480@pyramid.pyramid.com> tsych@pyrthoth.pyramid.com (Terry Sych @ Pyramid Technology Corp.) writes: >What is the chip in the new Data General Aviions? The same 88100 as it's always been, but with new 88204 Cache MMUs [they have 64K of cache on-chip vs 16K in the plain 88200]. Motorola made a semi-announcement of their plans for the 88110 [superscalar/out of order execution etc/3-5x speed of 88100] at last year's Hot Chips. I doubt they'll get them out before the beginning of '92 though [and if the 040 is anything to go by, don't expect them even then]. >Moto. has made some >grandiose claims about what they are going to do with the Motorola >line, but that is a couple of years down the road. I hope NeXT is >getting a good deal because MIPSs processors are better. They give >the performance results that they claim. True, the MIPS R4000 would probably be just as good a chip as the 88110. However, don't judge the 88K by Data General's Aviions. There are other 88K machines which do get much closer to what Motorola claims [e.g. Harris NightHawk]. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Evan Torrie. Stanford University, Class of 199? torrie@cs.stanford.edu Fame, fame, fame... What's it good for? Ab-so-lute-ly nothing