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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Coprocessors
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Date: Tue, 20-Oct-87 13:33:58 EDT
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Keywords: Coprocessors

Fast rule of thumb:  "coprocessor" means "it really should be part of the
CPU, but we couldn't fit it on the chip, and Marketing decided to call it
a coprocessor to make it sound sexy".
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