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From: kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard)
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Subject: Re: Where's the i860? (was Re: 486SX - Intel now telling lies)
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Date: 4 Jun 91 21:40:33 GMT
References: <1991Jun2.030215.11584@unixland.natick.ma.us> <1991Jun2.041512.29546@leland.Stanford.EDU> <30379@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1991Jun2.231525.19301@unixland.natick.ma.us>
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In article <1991Jun2.231525.19301@unixland.natick.ma.us> bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser) writes:
>In article <30379@hydra.gatech.EDU> hh2@prism.gatech.EDU (HAAS) writes:
>>
>>80 MFLOPS (FP multiply/accumulate in one clock cycle) SO . . . . .
>>Where are the i860 based machines ?!? YEARS ago (it seems) when IBM
>
>Isn't the i860 just a co-processor or numeric processor chip, not a
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Tne i860 is a full fledged RISC processor.  It has capabilities that
make it well suited for vector and graphics functions.  It has all the
functionality of a regular CPU, nothing like a Weitek or 80x87.

>cpu chip?  I know CSPI has them on their array processors for Harris
>Nighthawk (and other) computers.
>
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