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From: larry@geowhiz.UUCP (Larry McVoy)
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Subject: Re: National's 32332
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Date: Wed, 21-May-86 17:40:07 EDT
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In article <1796@gitpyr.UUCP> kludge@gitpyr.UUCP (Scott Dorsey) writes:
>In article <2020@hammer.UUCP> tekecs!doghouse.TEK!snoopy (Snoopy) writes:
>>I know someone who did benchmarks comparing the 32332 to the 68020,
>>with all else being identical (RAM, etc).  A 15MHz 32332 is faster
>>than a 16MHz 68020.
>
>    I would like to see these benchmarks.  I have been trying to get

I have a few comments & questions.

1) The story I have heard (albeit from sources that I don't view as gospel)
   is that the 32016 (in the symmetrics box) is s*l*o*w, about 1/4 a 68010.
   Is that true?

2) Another story I hear a lot is that people *claim* that the 32xxx chips are
   fast, but independant tests show that the claims are consistantly false.
   Can anyone comment on this?  I'd prefer to hear from people who:
   A) are not associated with National Semiconductor 
   B) are using a unix workstation based on a 32xxx chip set.

3) I've heard that the 32xxx series of CPU's are binary compatible.  If this
   is true, are they pin compatible?  The real question is: can I buy a 
   symmetrics box, pull the 32016 and replace it with a 32032 or 32332?

-- 
Larry McVoy
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