Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdahl!JUTS!rbw00 From: rbw00@ccc.amdahl.com ( 213 Richard Wilmot) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: What's in the '586? Message-ID: Date: 16 May 91 19:08:59 GMT References: <1991May14.002130.4740@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> Reply-To: rbw00@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com ( 213 Richard Wilmot) Distribution: comp Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 16 In article <1991May14.002130.4740@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> umh@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes: >Much as we all hate intel processors, it's always interesting to see what >new perversions they come up with. Does anyone know what will make the 586 >different from a 486? Will it be just like 386->486, so some more cache and >a little faster, or is there more to it than that? > May we hope that the 586 will be SELF-VIRTUALIZABLE so that I can run multiple different operating systems concurrently. >Maynard Handley -- Dick Wilmot | I declaim that Amdahl might disclaim any of my claims. (408) 746-6108