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From: david@ztivax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: MIPS R2000 RISC chip
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Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 10:12:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 11 10:12:00 1986
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>/* ---------- "MIPS R2000 RISC chip" ---------- */
>1) We finally started talking about this thing in public, at COMPCON in
>SanFrancisco, yesterday.  The 3 papers are:
>
>2) This isn't a real product announcement; that will occur 2Q86, including
>
>It is a very nice chip for UNIX, including an unusual on-chip
>TLB (64 entries, fully-associative(isn't VLSI nice!)) that avoids many
>performance hits in normal TLB design.
>
>i.e., this is what you use to build desktop VAX 8600/8650 equivalents in 1986.
>
>-john mashey

What is TLB?

You are really going to DELIVER soon enough for people to make
PRODUCTS this calendar year?  I hope you folks are not learning the
tricks of the semi-conductor trade so soon (ie, lie, lie, lie, just
don't tell te truth...)


seismo!unido!ztivax!david