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From: ken@turtlevax.UUCP (Ken Turkowski)
Newsgroups: net.arch,net.micro
Subject: "If I had a chip that..."
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Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 20:02:31 EDT
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Are there any parts that you've seen in IC manufacturers data books or
spec sheets that are real hot, but not out yet?  How about IC
architectures that you've never seen, but you believe to have an
astounding impact on designers everywhere?

One of my favorites is the 74F779 (and related 74F579), single-port
8-bit bidirectional binary counter (with tri-state, but you knew that
because it is single-port) in a 16-pin package!  4.5 ns propagation
time, 80 MHz minimax clock frequency!  Can you see me drooling?

Could you imagine using the same architecture, but making it a 16-bit
counter in a skinny 24-pin package?  Gadzooks!  Seven packages, (4
counters, 2 tranceivers and a dual 2-to-4 decoder) and you'd have a
file of 4 autoincrementing memory address registers.  Leapin' 'lectrons!
-- 

Ken Turkowski @ CADLINC, Menlo Park, CA
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