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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: New Moto chips (was Will NeXT survive?)
Message-ID: <7765@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 12 May 91 19:55:48 GMT
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Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>- 486SX - same as 486, but 16-bit external data paths and no FPU

You've obviously been confused by the "SX" in "486SX".  The 486SX has
32-bit external data paths, the "SX" nonwithstanding.

>I just don't understand the market for the 486SX (as it is really
>closer to a 386 than a 486).

I assume the market is "folks who don't need the FPU but want a faster
processor".