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From: madler@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Mark Adler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: RISC vs. CISC -- SPECmarks
Keywords: MIPS are MEANINGLESS
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Date: 20 Apr 91 07:34:13 GMT
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Vareck Bostrom writes:
>> A floating point accellerator is needed on the
>> NeXT for scientific applications.

Sad, but true.  I heard that the 96002 DSP didn't make it on the
68040 NeXT's due to lack of availability.  If the next NeXT's have
96002's, then we'll have some serious computing power ...

Mark Adler
madler@pooh.caltech.edu