Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!yale!mfci!root
From: root@mfci.UUCP (SuperUser)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Motorola 88000 and others
Message-ID: <324@m3.mfci.UUCP>
Date: 6 Apr 88 01:21:18 GMT
References: <1168@csun.UUCP> <606@imagine.PAWL.RPI.EDU>
Reply-To: mfci!colwell@uunet.UUCP (Robert Colwell)
Organization: Multiflow Computer Inc., Branford Ct. 06405
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Keywords: mc88000 RISC parallel-units

In article <606@imagine.PAWL.RPI.EDU] beowulf!lunge!jesup@steinmetz.UUCP writes:
]In article <1168@csun.UUCP] sef@csun.UUCP (Sean Fagan) writes:
]]The thing I find funny is that these people seem to think that these things
]]are wonderful new ideas, yet I routinely work on a CDC 170 type machine,
]]which can do a divide, a multiply, a floating point add or subtract, an
]]integer add or subtract, and an address calculation, all at the same time.
]
]	Remember that to do so in a mainframe, or even a mini, is relatively
]easy, just throw more hardware at it.  Doing it in a single chip microprocessor
]isn't quite as easy (ALU's are BIG).
]
]     //	Randell Jesup			      Lunge Software Development
]    //	Dedicated Amiga Programmer            13 Frear Ave, Troy, NY 12180
] \\//	beowulf!lunge!jesup@steinmetz.UUCP    (518) 272-2942
]  \/    (uunet!steinmetz!beowulf!lunge!jesup) BIX: rjesup
]
](-: The Few, The Proud, The Architects of the RPM40 40MIPS CMOS Micro :-)

Guys, please, it ain't that simple.  (I was once a microprocessor
designer, too).  The rules are different, but they aren't easier.
The grass only looks greener.

Bob Colwell            mfci!colwell@uunet.uucp
Multiflow Computer
175 N. Main St.
Branford, CT 06405     203-488-6090