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From: markg@amdcad.AMD.COM (Mark Gorlinsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Which 80386 system to buy?
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Date: Mon, 24-Aug-87 11:37:01 EDT
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If you can wait awhile (say a few months) then there would be a solution
to your problem (ie. whether or not to buy a 386 based PC).

CHIPs has announced a 16Mhz set of their famous gate arrays.  It uses AMDs
16 Mhz iAPX 80286-16.  This is the same microprocessor as Intels 12.5Mhz, 
only faster.

Compared to a 16Mhz 80386 based PC, the AMD 80286-16 with the CHIPs chip set, 
actually runs faster.  You should start to see mother boards and systems
with the 16 Mhz part in them within a few months.  

One thing to consider is the price to performance index!

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