Newsgroups: sci.electronics
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From: rick@electro.com (Rick Kozak)
Subject: Re: microprocessor wanted
Message-ID: <1991Apr25.163140.8977@electro.com>
Reply-To: rick@electro.UUCP ()
Organization: Electrohome Ltd., Kitchener, ON
References: <119279@unix.cis.pitt.edu> <1991Apr24.154831.9757@zoo.toronto.edu>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 91 16:31:40 GMT

In article <1991Apr24.154831.9757@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
>In article <119279@unix.cis.pitt.edu> fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz) writes:
>>	o	BUILT-IN floating processor (that's the problem)
>>	o	CHEAP (under $40)
>
>These two requirements are basically incompatible at present.  Built-in
>floating-point is a high-end feature, and comes complete with high-end
>prices. :-(  I'd be interested to hear of any exceptions...
>-- 

The Motorola 56000, although not a floating point processor itself, has av
available a 2K floating point library that Motorola claims executes most
instructions faster than a 25MHz 68882. Depending on quantity, the 56K isn't
all that much more than $40.

rick
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