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From: kurt@fluke.UUCP (Kurt Guntheroth)
Newsgroups: net.arch,net.micro.68k,net.micro.16k
Subject: Re: 16k vs 68k vs 432
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Date: Tue, 3-Jan-84 14:27:52 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan  3 14:27:52 1984
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Good things about the 16000

1.  8-, 16-, and 32-bit versions of the 16000 architecture are shipping now.
    Motorola is shipping only 8- and 16-bit versions because the 32-bit
    version is much different internally.

2.  We don't need to mention instruction sets.  Everybody acknowledges that
    this is NSC's strongest selling point.  Motorola is weaker here than
    most people realize.  Their basic architecture with 32 bit pointers is
    right, but their instruction set is not symmetrical enough to be really
    useful.

3.  Peripheral chips.  NSC has some very important peripherals that Motorola
    hasn't got.  I am thinking specifically of the Floating Point Unit.

4.  Demand Paged Virtual Memory.  It seems to work better no matter what the
    'experts' say.

-- 
Kurt Guntheroth
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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