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From: rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Press Release: Intel announces 80960 architecture
Message-ID: <1969@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 8 Apr 88 18:09:45 GMT
References: <3358@omepd> <10320@steinmetz.ge.com>
Reply-To: rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich)
Organization: University of Delaware
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Keywords: 80960, RISC, embedded control

In article <10320@steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
>Questions on the 80960:
>  2) why didn't they release this instead of the 80386?
>  3) why is it for "embedded applications" (as opposed to general use)?
Conjecture: with all the 'high level' architectures Intel has released
it is politically impossible (inside the company) for them to 
embrace a general-purpose RISC. So ya shunt the RISC into embedded
microcontroller applications. 
   Course, whether all those high level architectures have been worth
much is another story ...
   Just Guessing.
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ron (rminnich@udel.edu)